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Monday, May 03, 1920

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Issue date: Monday, May 3, 1920
Pages available: 28
Previous edition: Saturday, May 1, 1920
Next edition: Tuesday, May 4, 1920

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 3, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Manitoba free Dju Ottil celebs tii Calb Tulp r its fur and further or William schooling k.b.e., author of the Hudson s Bay company 1670-1920." in one Way or another Canada must sooner or later have been discovered and developed but it is strange to reflect that the actual cause of its growth was the existence of fur bearing animals in its lakes and Rivers its forests and its Arctic regions. The non such Ketch sailed into Hudson Bay in 1668 and in the following year returned to England loaded to the waterline with a cargo of furs. Thereupon Prince Rupert and others obtained a charter from King Charles ii and the expansion of the fur Trade began. The country was explored trading posts were erected Birch bark canoes brought along the Rivers the furs for distribution throughout the world. Towns and cities grew up round the trading posts and great stores replaced the forts where barter had been Practised. Wheat and cattle settlement Gold and Industry followed in due course. The Beaver in the arms of Canada and of the Hudson s Bay company fitly symbolizes the fact that fur was the foundation of the growth of Canada and in that further Progress which the future holds in store the great company that made the beginnings will continue to share. I ;