Canada

A page on Canada’s Open Data Portal got me interested in the Fur Trade in (and around) what we now call Canada. (link) It also contains a map that uses colour, symbology and labels to identify Fur Trade posts based on who was the first owner, when it was started, how long it was active, etc. It’s a great map, and I quote from the site: “Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows locations of fur trading posts for the period 1600 to 1870.“ When I saw this map I really… Read More »Posts of the Canadian Fur Trade