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Search for Lost Artifacts of the Fur Trade

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Last Updated: Friday, November 20, 2009 | 4:43 PM ET

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Survivorman Les Stroud and Evan Solomon canoe down Missinaibi River

Long after fur traders ran beaver pelts down Northern Ontario’s Missinaibi River, Survivorman Les Stroud and CBC journalist Evan Solomon canoe down the whitewater with guides and a camera crew in search of artifacts of the fur trade.

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Read a review of Hap Wilson’s book at Canoe.ca
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Visit the Canadian wilderness guide’s website featured in the story
History of the Hudson Bay Company
Read the Hudson’s Bay Company’s account of their roots
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Visit the modern North West Company’s website for information on their origin
The Survivorman
Visit the official website for the infamous Les Stroud

Read more about the history of the fur trade industry

Fur Industry
Find out more about the Canadian fur industry
Fur Trade
Learn more about Canada’s historic fur trade
Fur Trade Routes
Read about more of Canada’s early highways
Hudson’s Bay Company
Find out more about the HBC from the Canadian Encyclopedia’s website