Fur Fort Fun Facts
Focused on Fort Vancouver, Columbia District, in the Hudson's Bay Company era
Friday, January 6, 2017
How Many Furs, What Kinds, What Were They Worth?
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The Hudson's Bay Company's Latin motto was "pro pelle cutem," which roughly translates as "skin for pelt," the s...
Friday, July 1, 2016
HBC Fur Returns for the Columbia Department, 1826-46
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How many beaver and other furs did the Hudson's Bay Company take in? What were the trends over time? This posting supplies some answers ...
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Columbia Boats in the Fur Trade Era
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Traveling overland in pre-railroad times was an arduous affair, moving freight was more so, and over mountainous terrain even worse. Compare...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tobacco at Fort Vancouver, Tons Of It
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How many puffs on a pipe would it take to consume 96,000 pounds of tobacco? That’s forty-eight tons, equal to the maximum cargo ...
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