• Pedlar is a term used in Canadian history to refer to English-speaking independent fur traders from Montreal who competed with the Hudson's Bay Company...
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  • Virginia Pedlar River, Virginia Pedlar Wildlife Management Area in Monongalia County, West Virginia Pedlar (fur trade), fur traders in colonial North America...
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    For Pedlars see Pedlar (fur trade). For the XY Company see North West Company#Organizational history. Ray, Arthur J. (1998). Indians in the Fur Trade. Toronto:...
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    Alexander Henry the elder (category Pedlars (fur trade))
    the 1780s, Henry introduced John Jacob Astor into the North American fur trade; subsequently, Astor would stay as Henry's guest during his annual visits...
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    Nipawin (category Pedlars (fur trade))
    current location to be closer to the railway. There were a number of fur trading posts in the area, but they are poorly documented. In 1763 Joseph Smith...
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    Charles Chaboillez (category Pedlars (fur trade))
    000 livres. From 1751, Chaboillez with his brothers was active in the fur trade between Michilimackinac, Grand Portage and Montreal. By 1769, he had already...
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  • Fort Sturgeon (category Pedlars (fur trade))
    The woods to the north provided furs and the grassland to the south buffalo for food. About 1775 a group of "Pedlars" (independent traders from Montreal)...
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  • Isaac Batt (category Pedlars (fur trade))
    1776, he hired his services to Joseph Frobisher, one of the "Pedlars" who carried on trade competitive to the HBC. He did, however, return to company services...
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  • South Branch House (category Pedlars (fur trade))
    (1785–1794, 1805–1870) was the only significant fur trading post on the South Saskatchewan River. Most trade was on the North Saskatchewan River which was...
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  • Pine Island Fort (category Pedlars (fur trade))
    Story of the Fur Trade Forts, 1999. Arthur Morton, A History of the Canadian West to 1870–71 (London: Thomas Nelson, 1939). Pine Island Trading Post Protected...
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    in Europe), the management of the fur trading posts was taken over by English speakers. These so-called "pedlars" began to merge because competition cost...
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  • Angus Shaw (category Pedlars (fur trade))
    Glendaruel, he entered a partnership with an experienced fur trader, Donald Mackay. This partnership traded in opposition to the North West Company and other...
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  • Fort des Épinettes (category Pedlars (fur trade))
    18 miles to the west. For background see Assiniboine River fur trade. 1. 1768-1781, Pedlar: Thomas Correy, Forrest Oakes and Charles Boyer independent...
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  • The western fur trade collapsed during the British conquest of Canada but it was soon restored by English-speakers. These so-called "Pedlars" joined together...
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  • Fort de l'Isle (category Pedlars (fur trade))
    powerful outboard is needed because of the current. Saskatchewan River fur trade "Fort de l'Isle". Canada's Historic Places. Parks Canada. Retrieved 1...
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    began to use the river in order to reach First Nations for the fur trade, with trade interactions for hundreds of years. It is the only major water route...
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    Sylvia Pedlar, who produced them in 1942 in response to fabric shortages during World War II. Although her designs became known as "babydolls", Pedlar disliked...
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    the fur trade under John Jacob Astor, Hunt organized and led the greater part of a group of about 60 men on an overland expedition to establish a fur trading...
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    John Spencer, Secretary." “In order to expand their food supply, fur companies traded large quantities of dried bison meat and fat in fall and early winter...
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    assorted small ware. A haberdasher would retail small wares, the goods of the pedlar, while a mercer would specialize in "linens, silks, fustian, worsted piece-goods...
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  • northern post. In 1774 Pedlars at Frog Portage diverted a large quantity of furs destined for Churchill. By about 1779 the Pedlars had merged themselves...
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    Fort de la Corne (category Forts or trading posts on the National Historic Sites of Canada register)
    commanders who followed La Vérendrye. It was a fur trade post, the western end of the chain of posts that diverted furs away from the English on Hudson Bay and...
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    barns and homes; some of their needs are already met through travelling pedlars and non-urban periodic fairs held at long intervals. Major producers –...
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  • Louis Primeau (category Canadian fur traders)
    the west and tried to maintain the fur trade. Following the war and victory by the British in 1763, the Montreal trade had broken down. Primeau went to...
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    Barnet Burns (category People from Furness)
    the night of 6 June 1841 when Barnet Burns, mariner, and Rosina Crowther, pedlar, were lodging at Vincent Street, Sculcoates, Kingston upon Hull. A few days...
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    Morris Moss (category Canadian fur traders)
    fur traders at the time. However, looking for more adventure, Moss followed in the steps of the pioneer Sir Alexander Mackenzie and set up a trading post...
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  • from his wife who arrives to remind him of their impending dinner party. A fur coat, belonging to the blackmailer, becomes a central object of deception...
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    of these wants fell universally into the hands of itinerant dealers: the pedlar, who might appear once a month, being preferred to the fair, which only...
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    Hogg, E.H.; Girardin, M.P.; Lakusta, T.; Johnston, M.; McKenney, D.W.; Pedlar, J.H.; Stratton, T.; Sturrock, R.N.; Thompson, I.D.; Trofymow, J.A.; Venier...
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    enabled a better fit. Popular tailoring designs were quickly spread by pedlars, and trends in fashion were dictated by the Burgundian ducal court in much...
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