Beaver Club

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The Beaver Club was an exclusive 18th-century Montreal-based dining society composed of prominent North West Company fur traders and explorers.

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Beaver Club canonical 1

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instanceOf dining society
historical organization
social club
activeInCentury 18th century
19th century
affiliation North West Company
country Canada
dissolved c. 1827
documentedIn accounts of early Canadian fur trade historians
hasMember Alexander Henry the elder
Alexander Henry the younger
Alexander Mackenzie
Angus Shaw
Joseph Frobisher
surface form: Benjamin Frobisher

Duncan McGillivray
Edward Umfreville
James McGill
John Gregory
John Ross
Joseph Frobisher
Norman MacLeod
surface form: Norman McLeod

Peter Pond
Roderick Mackenzie
Simon McTavish
William McGillivray
hasPart formal dinners
rituals commemorating fur trade exploits
toasts and speeches
heritageStatus part of Canadian fur trade heritage
historicalPeriod British colonial period in Canada
inception 1785
industry fur trade (indirectly via members)
influenced social customs of Montreal merchant elite
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
locatedIn Lower Canada
Montreal
North America
Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec
membershipCriteria experienced wintering partner in the fur trade
service in the North West Company interior posts
namedAfter beaver
notableFor association with Canadian fur trade history
exclusive membership of fur traders
lavish banquets
role in Montreal elite society
socialFunction networking among fur trade partners
reinforcement of corporate solidarity in the North West Company
symbolizes wealth from the beaver fur trade

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Alexander Mackenzie memberOf Beaver Club