The once powerful Hudson's Bay Company controlled the area. But the British fur trade giant had been in decline for years and it was now preparing to sell Rupert's Land. The Americans, who had ...

From the 17th century fur trade that birthed a nation to the last major department store in Canada, The Hudson's ... HBC sold its land holdings -- which were known as Rupert's Land and included ...

From the 17th century fur trade that birthed a nation to the last major department store in Canada, The Hudson's Bay Company has left an indelible mark ... In 1869, two years after the founding of ...

This week, as we watch the Hudson’s Bay Company shut its stores and liquidate assets, we recall the checkered history of Canada’s oldest company. In 1670, the Company of Adventurers led by ...