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- The Museum of the Fur Trade - Dedicated to preserving the rich history of the North American fur trade and combining an outstanding collection and scholarship to interpret the story of the fur trade, the non-profit museum's three galleries discuss the fur trade from early Colonial days to the present century.
- White Oak Society Learning Online Centre - Topics covered include fur trade languages, women in the fur trade, the Beaver Hat, the fur trade post, the Beaver, food, and the canoe.
- Library of Fur Trade Historical Source Documents - Collection of accounts of the Rocky Mountain fur trade from the 1800s through the 1840s, mostly in the form of letters and journals from travelers, fur trappers, and traders.
- Mountain Men and the Fur Trade - About history of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountain West from 1800 to 1850. Intends to become a text collection of historical source materials about the trade.
- Fur Information: A Look at the Fur Industry - Personal page abour fur farming and fur trapping includes rebuttals for reasons people give for buying fur. Photos and links to other anti-fur sites.
- Canada Hall - The fur trade - An article with links covering many aspects of fur trade.
- Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company - This is about the fur trade in Canada and how it led to the exploration of the country and the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company. Contains history, personalities, stories, and a timeline.
- The Fur Trade in New France: The Coureurs des bois - Several articles on these colorful "runners of the woods" and their roles in the early fur trade.
- The Fur Trade in New France: Voyageurs and Hired Men - Several articles on the Voyageurs and their roles in the early fur trade.
- Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade - Includes factsheets and materials used in protesting the fur trade.
Wikipedia Articles
- Fur trade - The fur trade is a worldwide industry which involves the collection and sale of animal fur.
- The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site - The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site of Canada (Lieu historique national de la Commerce-de-la-Fourrure-à-Lachine) is a historic building located in the borough of Lachine in Montreal, Quebec, at the western end of the Lachine Canal.
- Willamette Trading Post - The Willamette Trading Post or Willamette Fur Post was a fur trade facility owned by the North West Company established near the Willamette River in what would become the French Prairie in Oregon Country. Established around 1813 in what is now the state of Oregon in the United States, the post was a small fur station where trappers ...
- Cranberry Portage, Manitoba - Cranberry Portage was an important part of the pre-European contact trade routes of the Cree and Assiniboin peoples. Long before the fur trade with the Bay and during the Fur Trade, this location was used as a campsite and portage between Grassy River, at the head of a number of well-used routes from Hudson Bay, and Lake Athapapuskow, which connected to the Saskatchewan River system.
- Deerskin trade - The deerskin trade between Colonial America and the Native Americans was one of the most important trading relationships between Europeans and Native Americans, especially in the southeast. It was a form of the fur trade, but less famous since deerskins were not as elegant as furs from the north, like beaver.