In 1659, two French fur-traders - Pierre Esprit ... embarked on a journey into the Canadian interior that would transform the North American fur trade. Their journey began with a hint of drama.

More than a century after the Hudson's Bay Company was founded, another great Canadian fur-trading company was born. The North West Company took its trade to the Indians by establishing a network ...

Cordova St. Tickets/info: $30 at firehallartscentre.ca | 604-689-0926 Women of the Fur Trade is the latest work ... The history of the great Canadian continental expansion is often told to suit ...

Playwright Frances Koncan shifts the focus in this powerfully funny satire from the male gaze on history to the power of women and their place in the rapidly changing world of the Canadian fur trade.