It was formerly used by the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ) as part of a canoe route to the fur lands of the north.

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By depleting furs in the Snake River country and underselling the American Fur Company at the annual Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, the HBC effectively ruined American fur trading efforts in the Rocky Mountains.

HBC coat of arms, showing the Latin motto pro pelle cutem: a skin for a skin.

The HBC Rewards Community Program help fund raise for community causes.

On 13 January 2011, HBC announced that U. S .- based discount retailer Target Corporation would purchase the lease agreements of up to 220 Zellers stores, which have not yet been identified, for C $ 1. 825 billion.

In 1668 the Nonsuch reached the bay and successfully traded for beaver pelts, leading to the creation of the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ), which still bears the historic name.

The HBC negotiated a trading monopoly from the British crown for the Hudson Bay watershed, called Rupert's Land.

Upon retirement from the HBC in 1839 he successfully ran for Alderman of Toronto City Council.

HBC governor George Simpson happened to be at Fort Vancouver at the time, and he both sympathized with Smith and chastised him for treating the Indians harshly.

In time Fort Vancouver produced a surplus of food, some of which was used to provision other HBC posts and some of which was exported for sale in Hawaii, Russian Alaska, and other markets.

Combined with a decline in demand for and supply of beaver, by 1840 the HBC had effectively destroyed the American system.

Soon after the strategic victory by the HBC, the Snake River route was used for emigrants as the Oregon Trail, which brought a new form of competition.

This position of power, along with his marriage connections ( his wife Jean was the sister of Andrew Wedderburn, a member of the HBC governing committee ) allowed him to acquire a land grant called Assiniboia to serve as an agricultural settlement for the company.

As part owner of HBC, Selkirk also wanted to stop the North West Company ( NWC ) from competing with HBC for furs in the region.

Its origins as a settlement go back to the time when Thomas Miller owned a collection of ramshackle buildings serving the traffic of the gold rush as a resting point for travellers moving between Kamloops and Fort Alexandria, which was north of 100 Mile House farther along the HBC Brigade Trail.

HBC has also teamed up with international companies for limited edition products, such as Steiff ( heritage teddy bear, limited run of 2 500 ), and Best Made Axe Co.

Since its contract with the Canadian Olympic Committee as the official merchandiser for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, HBC has continued selling Olympic apparel in a dedicated section of the Bay stores.

The HBC men were captured, probably in early summer when the Albemarle left for James Bay.

In 1919, Cleveland now working for the HBC, again set up a trading post in the mouth of Wager Bay.

It was transferring building materials for the establishment of the Repulse Bay HBC post.

Eaton's had also sued HBC for poaching several of its executives.

The Habitat Bicycle Challenge ( HBC ), a nine-week, coast-to-coast bicycle trip undertaken to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven and to increase awareness of Habitat for Humanity in general, took place annually from 1995 to 2007.

In 1987, HBC sold off its Canadian fur-auction business to Hudson's Bay Fur Sales Canada.

On July 26, 2012, the HBC revealed that it will close in 2013 the majority of the Zellers stores that were not acquired by Target Canada in 2011.

Prior to 1840, meteorological observations in Canada were made by private individuals, other entities ( like HBC ), and explorers, but this information was not provided to the general public.

Following the forced merger of the North West Company with the HBC in 1821, British Parliament applied the laws of Upper Canada to Rupert's Land and the Columbia District and gave enforcement power to the HBC.

The murder of an HBC man by an XY man at Fort de l ' Isle led to the Canada Jurisdiction Act which extended Quebec law to western Canada.

The Battle of Seven Oaks ( known to the Métis people as la Victoire de la Grenouillière, or the Victory of Frog Plain ; also known as the Seven Oaks Massacre ) was a violent confrontation between the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ) and the North West Company, rival fur-trading companies on June 19, 1816, climaxing what was a long dispute in western Canada.

That same year, the U. K. Parliament passed a statute requiring that the laws of Upper Canada be enforced by the HBC in Rupert's Land and the Columbia District.

At this time, the HBC was very powerful in the Northwest and Canada ; Great Britain and the United States disputed over the boundary and control in the Oregon Country.

This put an end to a ruinous and sometimes violent competition and converted the HBC monopoly into an informal government for western Canada.

A Hudson's Bay point blanket is a type of wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ) in British North America ( now Canada ) and the United States during the 18th century and 19th century.

The HBC continued to operate in Moose Factory until 1987, when its operations in northern Canada, including Moose Factory, were sold to The North West Company.

Woodward's was the name of a department store chain which operated in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada for one hundred years, before its sale to the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ).

– 7 November 1861 ), also known as John Fubbister or Mary Fubbister, was a Scottish labourer employed by the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ), noted for having passed herself as a man, thereby becoming, not just a pioneer of feminism, but the first European woman to travel to Rupert's Land, now part of Western Canada.

In 1820 he was largely responsible for sending out Sir George Simpson ( administrator ) to take charge of HBC affairs in Canada.

HBC Rewards is a loyalty program where customers earn points for purchases at Hudson's Bay Company's various chains of stores in Canada, including Zellers, The Bay, Home Outfitters, HBC Telecommunications, and hbc. com, their online store.

In 2012 most Zellers locations across Canada closed or were in the process of liquidation in preparation for conversion into Target Canada locations or other retailers, but the HBC Rewards program is expected to continue to be honoured at The Bay and Home Outfitters.

Travelodge Canada also shares an exclusive partnership with HBC, better known by its member stores the Bay, Zellers, Home Outfitters and more.