The North West Company was a Canadian fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in the regions that later b
Company coat of arms
Following the 1787 death of Benjamin Frobisher, Simon McTavish dominated the company, until his own death in 1804. His nephew William McGilivray ran the company, until the Hudson's Bay Company merger of 1821.
Fort William Historical Park is a Canadian historical site located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, that contains a reconstruction of the Fort William fur trade post as it existed in 1815. It officially opene
A view of the fort from the lookout post.
A typical room at Fort William Historical Park.
A star-shaped door handle.
One of the cannons near the main entrance to the park. The inscription reads I. & P. VERBRUGGEN.