Great Lakes fur trade

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colonial-era trade system fur trade historical economic network

The Great Lakes fur trade was a major early North American economic network in which Indigenous peoples and European traders exchanged animal pelts—especially beaver—for manufactured goods, shaping the region’s exploration, settlement, and cultural interactions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
North American fur trade	5
North American fur trade era	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial-era trade system ⓘ fur trade ⓘ historical economic network ⓘ
affectedGroup	Anishinaabe peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Haudenosaunee Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ Huron-Wendat NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe NERFINISHED ⓘ Potawatomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED ⓘ New France NERFINISHED ⓘ North West Company NERFINISHED ⓘ coureurs de bois ⓘ voyageurs ⓘ
causeOf	shifts in Indigenous intertribal power dynamics ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
culturalImpact	altered traditional Indigenous subsistence patterns ⓘ contributed to emergence of Métis communities ⓘ intensified cultural exchange between Indigenous peoples and Europeans ⓘ spread of European manufactured goods among Indigenous nations ⓘ
economicImpact	encouraged development of portage routes and canoe travel ⓘ integrated Indigenous economies into Atlantic markets ⓘ stimulated European colonization of the interior ⓘ
endTime	19th century ⓘ
environmentalImpact	changes in wetland ecosystems ⓘ overhunting of beaver populations ⓘ
hasCause	European demand for felt hats made from beaver fur ⓘ availability of rich fur-bearing animal populations in the Great Lakes region ⓘ
involvedParty	American traders ⓘ British traders ⓘ French traders ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCommodity	animal pelts ⓘ beaver pelts ⓘ
politicalImpact	influenced treaty-making and alliances with Indigenous nations ⓘ intensified imperial rivalry between France and Britain in North America ⓘ
significantEvent	European exploration of the Great Lakes ⓘ competition between French and British empires ⓘ establishment of trading posts ⓘ expansion of missionary activity ⓘ
startTime	17th century ⓘ
tradedFor	alcohol ⓘ firearms ⓘ glass beads ⓘ kettles ⓘ metal tools ⓘ textiles ⓘ
usedRoute	Great Lakes waterway system NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa River NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ portage trails between watersheds ⓘ
usedTransport	birchbark canoes ⓘ voyageur canoe brigades ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable → associatedWith → Great Lakes fur trade ⓘ

Joseph Robidoux → historicalEra → Great Lakes fur trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American fur trade era

John Fitzgerald → fieldOfWork → Great Lakes fur trade ⓘ