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Landmark Americas trade

Montreal

1642 CE – still standing

Founded by the French on the St. Lawrence River, it became the dominant hub of the North American fur trade under the Hudson's Bay and North West Companies.

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Montreal on Wikipedia.

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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  • MontrealQuintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0
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