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The North West Company is a Canadian retailer that serves Indigenous communities in Northern Canada and Alaska. It has a long history of engagement, reconciliation and social well-being with Indigenous Peoples.
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Further information on the North West Company can be found in Marjorie Wilkins Campbell's 1957 book The North West Company, as well as her 1962 biography of William McGillivray, McGillivray, Lord of the North West.
The North West Company is a multinational Canadian grocery and retail company which operates stores in Canada's western provinces and northern territories, as well as the US states of Alaska, Hawaii, and several other countries and US territories in Oceania and the Caribbean.
Jun 6, 2007 · Last Edited March 4, 2015. Founded in 1779, the North West Company was a major force in the fur trade from the 1780s to 1821. Managed primarily by Highland Scots who migrated to Montréal after 1760, or came as Loyalists escaping the American Revolution, it also drew heavily on French-Canadian labour and experience.
Oct 18, 2013 · Learn about the history and operations of the North West Company, one of the major fur trading companies in Canada. Find out how it competed with the Hudson's Bay Company and the XY Company, and how it explored the North American continent in search of a Pacific outlet.
North West Company, Canadian fur-trading company, once the chief rival of the powerful Hudson’s Bay Company. The company was founded in 1783 and enjoyed a rapid growth.
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Dec 7, 2001 · It became apparent that a co-operative venture might make trade more efficient by reducing expenses associated with competition. The result of their negotiations was the North West Company (NWC), a shifting partnership of Montreal merchants and inland traders.
