Rupert's Land
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Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, was a territory in British America based on the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The right to "sole trade and commerce" over Rupert's Land was granted to the Hudson's
Métis fur trader, c. 1870
Hudson's Bay Company
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The Hudson's Bay Company was a Canadian holding company of department stores and commercial property. It was the oldest corporation in North America, founded in 1670 and liquidated in 2025. It was hea
Rupert's Land
…British North America after 1783) based on the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The right to "sole trade and commerce" over Rupert's Land was granted to the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), based at York Factory, effectively giving that company a commercial monopoly over the area. The territory operated for 200 years from 1670 to…
Coat of arms plaque on the exterior of the former flagship store in Downtown Toronto (2007)
Charter of the HBC
Trading at an HBC trading post
Depiction of the capture of York Factory by French forces in 1694