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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...

Timeline of Events

1670

5.2.1670

King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.

1816

6.19.1816

Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1867

5.3.1867

The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.

1870

7.15.1870

Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories are established from these vast territories.