Category 2086 - Question 63
After King Charles II granted The Hudson's Bay Company exclusive trading rights, the company competed with Montreal-based traders for the next 100 years. What were the skilled and courageous men who travelled by canoe and who formed strong alliances with First Nations called?
They were called voyageurs and coureurs des bois.
After King Charles II granted The Hudson's Bay Company exclusive trading rights, the company competed with Montreal-based traders for the next 100 years. What were the skilled and courageous men who travelled by canoe and who formed strong alliances with First Nations called?
They were called voyageurs and coureurs des bois.
