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From 1600 to 1867
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Many Canadian places and regions have a historical significance which can be traced back to the fur trade and the Métis Nation. Geography also exerted its influence on how fur trade operations were built.

	Articles/Diaries/Ephemera/Journals -22- JJ Hargrave: Lower Fort Garry -19- JJ Hargrave: Buffalo Hunt -20- JJ Hargrave: Transportation -23 - JJ Hargrave: Upper Fort Garry -26- JJ Hargrave: Journey to Canada -27- Emma Caffin Jeffrey: Snowshoeing -28- Emma Caffin Jeffrey: Berry Picking -38- Frances Simpson: Winnipeg River -39- Frances Simpson: Portages -41- Frances Simpson: Fort Garry Churches -42- Frances Simpson: Leaving Fort Garry -51- James Isham: York Fort -52- James Isham: Dogs and Martens -57- Nicholas Garry: Encampments -76- James Knight: Taking Back the Fort -77- Thomas McCliesh: Successful Marten Trapping -80- James Knight: -67- HBC London Committee: French Threat (214) Lettres Patentes -1- Letitia Hargrave: York Factory -6- Letitia Hargrave: Gardening Troubles -8- Letitia Hargrave: Food Rations -10- Letitia Hargrave: Dangers of Life -12- RM Ballantyne: York Factory -15- RM Ballantyne: Voyageur Brigade -16- RM Ballantyne: Bachelors Hall -18- RM Ballantyne: Dog Cariole -36- Frances Simpson: Journey Begins -53- La Verendrye (son): Fort Maurepas B12 - What Churchill Owes to a Woman		Artifacts (M11) Navigator's Sextant

	Artwork/Illustrations --1-- Fort Prince of Wales, 1734 --2-- The Prince Albert and the Prince Rupert in Hudson's Bay, 1845 --14-- Chief Factor Barnston and R.M. Ballantyne at Tadoussac, 1846 --7-- Henday Enters the Blackfoot Camp, 1754 241 - Nicholas Garry (M38) Prince Rupert, Reproduction		Audio/Video (L5) Swampy Cree - Fish Trapping and Caribou Hunting

	Maps 206. Norway House Post Map 244. Posts of the Canadian Fur Trade 245. Portaging from Hudson's Bay to Lake Winnipeg