North West Company
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The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in the regions that later became Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario. With great wealth at stake, tensions between the companies increased to the point where several minor armed skirmishes broke out, and the two companies were forced by the British government to merge.
This article is about the historical fur trading company. For the modern grocery and retail company, see The North West Company.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | North American fur trade |
Founded | 1779; 245 years ago (1779) |
Founder | Benjamin Frobisher, Joseph Frobisher, Simon McTavish, Robert Grant, Nicholas Montour, Patrick Small, William Holmes, George McBeath |
Defunct | 1821; 203 years ago (1821) |
Fate | Merger |
Successor | Hudson's Bay Company |
Headquarters | Montreal, Lower Canada |
Area served | United States territory, New Spain, Russian America, British Canada |
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