French Fur Trade

French fur trade began in the middle of the 16th century and French explorers were able to build strong and lasting presence in the present North America and Canada. The explorers place great emphasis on the search and colonization of "a place where you can enter the Great Lakes and the mainland's center" around the St. Lawrence River (Microsoft?). They began exploring the area around 1540 and had an initial exchange with many indigenous peoples, so the French citizens became easier to communicate when returning home after nearly 50 years.

French fur trade ended in 1769 when Canadian control came to England. Many French fur traders will continue to work as independent merchants or continue to join Hudson Bay Company. Generally, French fur trade establishes the basic model of most fur trading in Canada and the United States.

Fur trade promoted the development of the British and French empire in North America. In the 1600s, the prospect of wealth in fur trade attracted many Europeans to the new world. Traders and catchers have explored most of North America looking for fur. They set up a trading office in the wilderness and grew in many of these positions. Some of these villages later became major cities such as Detroit, New Orleans, St. Louis, Canada's Edmonton, Montreal, Quebec, Winnipeg and others.

Fur trade began as a by-product of the fishery, and gradually developed into a French colony in New France. The French concentrated their fur trade on the coastline of the Atlantic and immediately established a good trade relationship with their business partners: indigenous peoples (original, 41). Indians are people who hunt, capture, and bring finished products to the hands of Europeans. The relationship between the two is very prosperous, the Europeans get the profitable fur and the Indian people can get the highly esteemed metal tools and other daily necessities . With the increasing demand for European fur, in the 1580's several merchant ships were sent to trade on fur alone. (Origin, 41). By the 1590's, trade reached a level where France established monopoly to indulge in new and beneficial industries. In 1608, Quebec was founded by Samuel Champrain to establish a permanent trading place (Origins, 41).