History of The Hudson Bay Company

The Canadian Press "A chronology of key events in the history of the Hudson’s Bay Company". City News Everywhere, 29 July 2013, https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2013/07/29/a-chronology-of-key-events-in-the-history-of-the-hudsons-bay-company/. Two French explorers named Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Medard Chouart, travel to London to retrieve the sponsorship of Prince Rupert, who is the cousin of King Charles II, to bring fur to England.

Timeline, Hudson Bay Company History Foundation, https://www.hbcheritage.ca/classroom/timeline. King Charles II issued a charter to Prince Rupert, which allowed the company to be the only one to sell and trade fur. This creates Rupert's land as well.

Timeline, Hudson Bay Company History Foundation, https://www.hbcheritage.ca/classroom/timeline. May trading posts were attacked and severely damaged by French soldiers because they were owned by the British. This affected the HBC resulting in a big loss of many sales and workers.

Wikipedia contributors, "Wikipedia contributors", Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, revision history statistics, 7 November 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hudson%27s_Bay_Company&oldid=1183981903. The Hudson Bay Company and North West co. merge using the HBC's name. With 173 trading posts in 7.8 million square kilometers of land.

Timeline, Hudson Bay Company History Foundation, https://www.hbcheritage.ca/classroom/timeline. Prior to confederation, the British government was investigating HBC's monopoly and trading practices causing pressure. The British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick joined together and became the Dominion of Canada.

McIntosh, Andrew, Anne Smith, Shirlee, “Rupert's Land”, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Foot, Richard, 7 February 2006, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ruperts-land#:~:text=The%20HBC%20signed%20the%20deed,effect%20until%2015%20July%201870. The Company's territory (Prince Rupert's land) is turned over to the government of Canada, in exchange for the land of Prarie and 300,000 pounds.

Timeline, Hudson Bay Company History Foundation, https://www.hbcheritage.ca/classroom/timeline. HBC trades Arctic Fox Fur with the Inuit at the Houston Strait, established a post located in Wolstenholme, and opens two dozen posts in the Arctic.

Timeline, Hudson Bay Company History Foundation, https://www.hbcheritage.ca/classroom/timeline. HBC's relationship with the Canadian Handicrafts guild develop. HBC becomes a supplier of Inuit art and the sales of the art is used as a source of income for people living in the north.

J. Ray Arthur, Hudson's Bay Company, The Canadian Encyclopedia,
Coschi Nathan, Fong Leanna, Yusufali Sasha, Baker Nathan, Poulin Jessica, 2 April 2009, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hudsons-bay-company. Queen Elizabeth II granted the company a new charter. HBC's head office has moved from London to Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Timeline, Hudson Bay Company History Foundation, https://www.hbcheritage.ca/classroom/timeline. The Hudson Bay Company became a public company and closed with a $365 million public offering. Shares are traded on the TSX under the symbol HBC.