Shape of the day Quebec Referendum(s) West Coast Exploration Break Settlement Questions
Explorers Samuel Hearne Alexander Mackenzie David Thompson Simon Fraser Peter Pond
Importance of Explorers Relationship with Native guides Role of Native women Mapping Canada Expanding fur trade
Importance of Women Country wives Knowledge about customs Translators and guides Clothing: moccasins, snowshoes, leather clothes Food-pemmican, berries, fish, rice, maple sugar Prepared raw furs for sale Made canoes
Pacific Coast RussiaSpain Britain
Spanish Exploration Juan Perez 1774 Queen Charlotte Islands Traded with Haida Juan de Fuca Found a waterway leading to coast of North America
Russia Exploration Ambitious Peter the Great Vitus Bering North Pacific/Bering Straight Alaska Traded with Aleut Hunting of sea otter
British Exploration James Cook Excellent map maker Nootka Sound Vancouver Island Traded with Nu-chal’nath George Vancouver Mapped channels and inlets of Strait of Georgia
Red River Settlement- Questions Read page How did the arrival of settlers in the Red River Colony create conflict between the HBC & NWC? 2.What was the name of the war that took place between the HBC & the NWC? 3.What was the name of the battle that ended the war? 4.Who was appointed as the new governor of Rupert’s Land after the merger of the HBC & the NWC? Why was he called the “little emperor”?