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During the time of the fur trade, explorers from the BRITISH ISLES and the USA came to alberta to try to find routes to push the fur trade farther west.

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Canadian and European traders began pushing farther west in search of more and better furs.

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they wanted furs from animals like muskrat, marten, and mink most of all, They wanted the thick beaver fur.

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First Nation's would offer kettles, cloth, metal tool, and weapons.

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In eastern Canada, people from Quebec and from England and Scotland had been looking for furs for some time.They would meet with first nations people who knew where to find and trap animals

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First nations have been trading for many years.Around the middle 1700s, people from eastern Canada and Europe would also come in to trade!.

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Lloydminster, Dunvegan, and Strathmore

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Grand Prairie, Lac La Biche, MorinVille, and Lacombe names are all french!!! i didnt know that

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There 3rd child,josette was born. She was the first baby of Francophone parents to be born in alberta.

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Along the way Marie-Anne gave birth to 2 children eventually, she and her husband arrived in the settlement that became EDMONTON, their home for 4 years

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They traveled across huge lakes,up raging rivers, and through thick forests,heading towords the West

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These people were looking for a steady supply of animal furs.

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ROOTS are deep connections to a place where we belong...

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In 1807 Marie-Anne Gaboury was on the adventure of a lifetime with her husband and a small group of fur traders. she traveled from Quebec halfway across North America and the only way to travel was by canoe.