Founded in 1670, Canada’s Hudson’s Bay Company was once the most important political and economic force in northern and western North America. Now, after a storied run of 355 years, Hudson’s Bay is shutting its doors.
Stephen R. Bown, author of The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire, examines how a smattering of foreign agents transformed into a culturally blended and self-sustaining domestic entity with territory once including much of the Pacific Northwest. The company would also found the provincial capital cities of Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Victoria. Bown explores how tapping into pre-existing Indigenous commercial networks enabled its expansion. Along the way, the culture and economy of Indigenous peoples from Montreal to Oregon to Vancouver Island were reshaped—and the entire northern North American world was transformed.
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