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A fur trader in Fort Chipewyan, Northwest Territories, in the 1890s A fur shop in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2019 Fur muff manufacturer's 1949 advertisement. The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.
An illustration of European and Indigenous fur traders in North America, 1777. The North American fur trade is the (typically) historical commercial trade of furs and other goods in North America, predominantly in the eastern provinces of Canada and the northeastern American colonies (soon-to-be northeastern United States).
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A substantial amount of deal-making and trading occurred at these rendezvous. These were often a temporary "town" of sorts with businesses which offered the fur trade workers and participants ways to spend their money on supplies and revelry. [4] The emblematic type was a large annual rendezvous held in the Rocky mountains from 1825 until 1840.
The fur trade's killing of beavers proved devastating for the North American beaver population. [48] The natural ecosystems that came to rely on the beavers for dams, water and other vital needs were also devastated leading to ecological destruction, environmental change, and drought in certain areas.
The United States Government Fur Trade Factory System was a system of government non-profit trading with Native Americans that existed between 1795 and 1822.. The factory system was set up on the initiative of George Washington who thought it would neutralize the influence of British traders doing business on United States territory.
Fur trading was done by canoe and largely by French Canadians. [citation needed] In the fur trade context, the word also applied, to a lesser extent, to other fur trading activities. [5] Voyageurs were part of a licensed, organized effort, a distinction that set them apart from the coureurs des bois.