Fonds F 471

Fur Trade Collection

About these records

Title
Fur Trade Collection
Dates of Creation
1784-1980
Physical Description

2.3 metres of textual records

2 maps

15 photographs : black and white prints

4 reels of microfilm

Scope and Content

Collection consists of surviving and photocopied materials from both the Northwest Company and the Hudson's Bay Company. The material is predominantly from the Temiskaming and Michipicoten districts of northeastern Ontario, but also includes copies of original Northwest Company documents originating in western Canada. Also included are a variety of materials relating to Aboriginal history in Ontario.

The collection has been arranged into three series: Northwest Company records, Hudson's Bay Company records, and Aboriginal history files.

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Administrative History or Biographical Sketch

The North West Company was a fur trading company with headquarters in Montreal.

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North West Company (1783-1821)
Restrictions on Access
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Terms For Use and Reproduction
Copyright of these materials, where it survives, rests with the creators. There are no restrictions on reproduction for research and private study. If you wish to use these records for purposes other than for research and private study, please submit a Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit or Broadcast form.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was accumulated by the Archives of Ontario from a variety of donors over many decades. For donation information on file, please enquire from a Reference Archivist.
Related Material

For other records connected to the fur trade, see Fonds F 432 (Gladman family fonds), F 455 (Donald McTavish family fonds), F 428 (Angus & Aeneas Cameron fonds), F 429 (Duncan Clark fonds), F 437 (John McDonald of Garth collection), and F 453 (Thomas Richards fonds).

Notes

The Hudson's Bay Company (1670-present) and Northwest Company (1779-1821) were the two dominant forces in the North American fur trade during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In 1821, the two merged under the title of The Hudson's Bay Company.

The Fur Trade holfings originally consisted of F 431 (Fur trade collection) and F 471 (Fur Trade, Indian, Explorers-Miscellaneous Collection). Following re-processing project in 2012, the two collections were merged and the F 471 reference code was retained.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

Former Codes

F 431

Finding Aid
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By Microfilm Interloan
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Records series that make up this fonds

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Reference Code Series Title
F 471-1 Northwest Company records
F 471-2 Hudson's Bay Company records
F 471-3 Aboriginal history files