The Fur Trade-1 by MagikUnicorn
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Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site of Canada
Beginning in the 1600s, voyageurs would launch their canoes from this location to transport trade goods thousands of miles into First Nations lands. At that time the Lachine Rapids prevented large ships from going any further west along the Saint Lawrence River.
A stone warehouse was erected in 1803 to store the furs gathered as a result of fur trade. It is now a museum dedicated to the history of this strategic location as a departure and arrival point for fur trading expeditions.
Located to the west of the Island of Montréal along Lake Saint-Louis, The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site testifies to the apogee of the fur industry in the Montréal region in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The old stone warehouse dates from 1803. Alexander Gordon, ex-clerk and stockholder of the North West Company had it built to store trading goods and furs. In 1833, the warehouse became the property of the Hudson’s Bay Company.
Lachine occupied a strategic position on the fur route as a departure and arrival point for trading expeditions. It was also an important centre for storing the Montréal merchants’ furs and for trading goods. Today, this unique warehouse houses an exhibition that enables visitors to relive the Montréal fur epic.
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Magik
Comments (68)
junge1
Great shot and interesting historical information!
hipps13
wonderful capture, Magik warm hug with a smile, Linda
eekdog
great story and history Magik, love your picture. been busy but i'll upload and view that second video this weekend bro, thanks again my friend for your time and thoughtfulness. steve
mikeerson
for such an old building, it looks new, well prserve.
SSoffia
EXCELLENT CAPTURE , COLORS & BEAUTIFUL !!!!!
amota99517
What a beautiful place! Splendid capture!
Zamanuirileski
Pretty stone building!
IDonn0
Great capture and interesting history :) Don
Aioros
Greay history my friend.
artaddict2
Makes very interesting reading, excellent shot !
flora-crassella
nice house and photo! Wonderful!
erlandpil
Good capture picture erland
sharky_
Interesting history and capture. Aloha
qrud
nice picture
ledwolorz
Beautiful place and fantastic photo.
NekhbetSun
Beautiful shot dear Magik ! H u g s
B_PEACOCK
That's a cool looking place Real.Excellent shot
Nev2retour
beautiful shot !
evinrude
I'd live there. Great find!
emmecielle
Wonderful place and interetsing informations!!! :)
lucindawind
thats a great old building ..the love the bricks and history!
furuta
Beautiful house. wonderful capture!!
alltheoriginalnames
Such a classic building with a great history to it, very well done
Hendesse
Fantastic stone textures and beautiful light. Excellent shot.
Flint_Hawk
Thank you for sharing this moment in history, along with your great photo!
Sylvia
Ahhh!! ~Lovely~ I almost feel I am there :-} Thanks for sharing... FABULOUS!!!
huismus
Beautiful! Thanks for the info my friend!
evielouise
I have seen a lot of these building when living there and always wondered about them and now 100 years later I get the history of them lol, well not a 100 but ya know what I mean lol wonderful education today thanks ~~
mickeyrony
Hummm It seems to me that I know that Magik lol...... Very good narration and there will be always something to learn and at the every day That gets savours of our ancestors to us. Cheer and mile mercies still ((5++)) Hummm Il me semble que je connais cela Magik lolll Très bonne narration et il y auras toujours quelque chose à apprendre et à tout les jours Cela nous procure saveurs de nos ancêtres . Bravo et mile mercis encore ((5++))
Jay-el-Jay
A fine picture of this very interesting stone structure.