the beaver hat box

The beaver hat that started everything......fur traders coming out looking for more beavers due to the fashion in Europe of gentlemen wearing beaver hats........

when this fashion trend stops. and silk becomes the next big thing, there will no longer be a market for those beaver pelts.

HBC forts had to diversify and Fort Langley was able to ship salmon and farm produce, cranberries over to Hawaii for the Europe Ships that stopped there over winter, and for the locals as well.Read more