Historical Overview:
An Introduction to the Fur Trade in Alberta

• Traders Missionaries and Explorers
• European Fur Traders reach Alberta (1778 –1795)
• Fur Trade Rivalries (1795-1821)
• The Hudson's Bay Company's Monopoly (1821-1850)
• Competitive Fur Trade (1850–1900)
• The Fur Trade After 1900

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