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         <title>1670: Hudson’s Bay Company Founded</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Establishment of the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1670 by England. This company was granted a land charter over Rupert’s Land, and it dominated the fur trade industry, creating trading posts across the country.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[The North West Company formed in 1783 by Montreal traders to compete with the Hudson’s Bay Company, leading to intense rivalries that characterized the Canadian fur trade era.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Pemmican Proclamation of 1814 by Miles Macdonell attempted to control the supply of pemmican, a high-energy food crucial to the fur trade, causing the Pemmican War between Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company.]]></description>
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         <title>1821: Major Merger in the Fur Trade</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In 1821, Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company merged under intense pressure to end their rivalry. This merger strengthened the hold of Hudson’s Bay Company on the fur trade in Canada.]]></description>
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         <title>Late 1800s: Decline of the Fur Trade</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[By the late 19th century, over-hunting and changing fashion trends in Europe led to a decline in the demand for beaver pelts, marking the beginning of the end for the fur trade era in Canada.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[In 1957, the Hudson’s Bay Company sold its last fur trading post, closing a historical chapter on the Canadian fur trade.]]></description>
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