What coast did fur trappers take the fur to?

The maritime fur trade brought the Pacific Northwest coast into a vast, new international trade network, centered on the north Pacific Ocean, global in scope, and based on capitalism but not, for the most part, on colonialism.

1. Where did the fur trade take place?
2. Why did the fur trade move west?
3. Where did the furs go after they left North America?
4. What did the Pacific Northwest trade?
5. When did fur trappers head west?
6. Where did the fur traders settle in the Midwest?
7. What role did trappers play in the settlement of the West?
8. What did fur trappers do?
9. How many beavers were killed in the fur trade?
10. What happened to the fur trade in the 1830s?
11. What were the French fur trappers called?
12. What replaced the fur trade in Canada?
13. What did Indian tribes and fur trappers use the Columbia River for?
14. What were otter pelts used for in the fur trade?
15. Where did the PNW fur trade start?

Where did the fur trade take place?

The fur trade began in the 1600s in what is now Canada. It continued for more than 250 years. Europeans traded with Indigenous people for beaver pelts. The demand for felt hats in Europe drove this business.

Why did the fur trade move west?

Many American Indians became dependent upon European-American trade goods, while others fought with each other for control of the hunting grounds. ... By the end of the fur trade era, the American population was ready to move west in search of new opportunities.

Where did the furs go after they left North America?

Upon their return, French officials confiscated the furs of these unlicensed coureurs des bois. Radisson and Groseilliers went to Boston and then to London to secure funding and two ships to explore the Hudson Bay.

What did the Pacific Northwest trade?

The maritime fur trade was a ship-based fur trade system that focused on acquiring furs of sea otters and other animals from the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast and natives of Alaska.

When did fur trappers head west?

In the ensuing years, hundreds of other traders followed the Astorian/Oregon route along the Platte River. Trappers typically headed west in the early summer, passing through the Scotts Bluff area to the Rocky Mountains, and returned east in the autumn with their furs. By the 1830s, fur trapping reached its peak.

Where did the fur traders settle in the Midwest?

In Green Bay, the first permanent European settlement in the Midwest, Heritage Hill State Historical Park preserves fur-trader cabins and a Jesuit chapel. Madeline Island was a fur-trade center; in La Pointe, the Madeline Island Historical Museum has excellent exhibits on the fur trade.

What role did trappers play in the settlement of the West?

Trappers and traders made the first forays into the Far West during the 1820s. Fur trappers in California and Oregon traded cattle hides with eastern merchants for manufactured goods. ... During the 1820s and beyond, glowing reports of the Southwest led to a large influx of American settlers, especially into Eastern Texas.

What did fur trappers do?

They hunted wild game for food and wore clothing made of animal skins. Some trappers did work alone. However, most worked for fur companies that sent trappers out in small groups. Few had to face the dangers of the wilderness by themselves.

How many beavers were killed in the fur trade?

Others prefer dynamite. Two hundred plus years of the fur trade killed off beaver populations—40 to 60 million beavers basked in North America in the 19^th century before hunters massacred them for hats and perfume.

What happened to the fur trade in the 1830s?

Over trapping of fur-bearing animals hurt the fur trade in the Western United States and Western Canada. In addition, the value of beaver fur dropped sharply in the 1830's, when European hat manufacturers began to use silk instead of felt. By 1870, most fur-trading activity had ended.

What were the French fur trappers called?

Voyageurs ("travelers" in French) were men hired to work for the fur trade companies to transport trade goods throughout the vast territory to rendezvous posts. At the rendezvous points, these goods were exchanged for furs, which were then sent to larger cities for shipment to the east coast.

What replaced the fur trade in Canada?

In 1701, the French and their allies reached a truce with the Haudenosaunee, known as the Great Peace of Montreal. This effectively ended the Beaver Wars over the fur trade.

What did Indian tribes and fur trappers use the Columbia River for?

In the Columbia River, traders often acquired locally made leather “war dresses,” also called “clamons,” which could be traded to Indians elsewhere on the Northwest coast for furs — until the Americans started trading guns for furs and the war dresses became obsolete.

What were otter pelts used for in the fur trade?

Sea otter fur was an important material used for winter clothing in the Pacific Northwest. Coastal First Nations communities used the pelts of the sea otter for thousands of years before European settlement.

Where did the PNW fur trade start?

The Early Pacific Northwest Maritime Fur Trade

British interest in the Oregon fur trade originated with the late eighteenth-century maritime expeditions of British naval officers James Cook and George Vancouver.