Timeless Canada

The Hudson`s Bay Company was incorporated by King Charles II of England on May 2, 1670. His decision was prompted by the successful voyage of the British ship Nonsuch, which returned from the recently discovered Hudson’s Bay crammed with precious beaver furs. The king granted the new company wide powers, including a monopoly of trading rights to a huge block of territory bordering the Bay, then known as Rupert’s Land. The Company was ordered to develop links with the native Americans of Rupert’s Land, and trade took off swiftly. Here fashion played a part: the ladies and gentlemen of 18th-century Europe were gripped by a passion for the beaver hat, and the demand for beaver pelts became almost insatiable. (daha fazla…)

The sheer size of Ontario is daunting. It is Canada’s secondlargest province, covering over one million square miles and stretching all the way from the Great Lakes on the United States border to the frozen shores of Hudson Bay. Northern Ontario is relatively inaccessible, but this wild and stunningly beautiful region of turbulent rivers, deep forests, and Arctic tundra can be reached by air, and by the occasional scenic road and railroad. (daha fazla…)