Visitors What’s On & What’s New Fur Trade Exhibition – Ottawa Tourism Official Site
Profit & Ambition: The Canadian Fur Trade: 1779 – 1821In the late 18th century, the Montréal-based North West Company embarked on a journey that would link, for the first time, the future country of Canada from sea to sea to sea. Aboard their fragile birchbark canoes, fearless young men pushed trade boundaries to barter for furs with First Peoples in Canada's North and West. Through their journeys, these adventurers explored new territories and opened trade routes that helped lay the foundations of the country as we know it today. Featuring about 250 historic artifacts, this special exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Canada’s Capital looks at the explorers' accomplishments, the fur trade, and living and working conditions of partners and clerks, voyageurs, Aboriginal trappers and "country wives." If you’d like to take in the exhibition, book an Ottawa Tourism Cultural Odyssey or Family Discovery getaway package, including two night’s accommodation at your choice of Ottawa hotels and general admission to the Canadian Museum of Civilization and other Ottawa attractions. Related Packages
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