North West Company

North West Company, fur-trading organization in North America in the late 18th and early 19th cent.; it was composed of Montreal trading firms and fur traders.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Merger
• Competition with the Hudson's Bay Company
• Formation
• Bibliography

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