Unit 1

Early Canada

Skill Builders Targets

  Lesson 2

The Discovery of Hudson Bay

  • coureurs de bois
  • Pierre Radisson and Sieur des Groseilliers
  • Rupert's Land
  • Treaty of Utrecht

Who found Hudson Bay?


Groseilliers and Radisson were two coureurs de bois who were credited with finding Hudson Bay.

Finding Hudson Bay was important because it provided a faster ocean route for exporting trade goods to England.



Watch

Click on the link to watch the "Creation of the HBC" video that describes the establishment of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Creation of the HBC