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Fur Trade Unit Resources

Websites to research further information on the fur trade:

	http://www.sd35.bc.ca/schools/ae/fl/furtrade.html This website contains an example of a value chart that illustrates values of beaver pelts.
	http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reak/hist/fur.htm This website contains some information about the history of the fur trade.

	http://www.lights.com/waterways/history.htm This website contains information about the History of Saskatchewan Waterways: - Saskatchewan waterways - Life on the River
	http://www.gov.edmonton.ab.ca/parkrec/fort/1846/natvimp.html This website contains information about the impact of the fur trade on First Nations people.
	http://www.gov.edmonton.ab.ca/parkrec/fort/1846/tradesea.html This website contains information about "A Fur Trade Season at Fort Edmonton."
	http://www.sd35.bc.ca/schools/ae/fl/hbc.html This website contains information about the Hudson's Bay Company."

	http://www.worldweb.com/parkscanada-rocky/natives.html This website contains information about Natives in the fur trade.
	http://www.worldweb.com/parkscanada-rocky/furtrade.html This website contains information about "The Fur Trade In Canada."

Book resources:

	Brownell, Barbara. (1988). Busy Beavers. National Geographic Society.
	Bercuson, David. (1980). Opening The Canadian West. Groiler Limited, Toronto.
	Duquemin, Colin. (1992). The Fur Trade in Rupert's Island: Opening of the Canadian Northwest. Vanwell Publishing, Ontario.
	Farnham, Katherine. (1987). Beaver, Beads, and Pemmican:Canada's Fur Traders. Canadian Social Sciences Ltd., Edmonton.