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Wisconsin Fur Trade
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Fur Trade
- happened in the 1500s
- French and canadian voyagers came to Wisconsin
- Jean Nicolet was the first to “Discover Wisconsin”
- Nicolet was followed by many french voyagers
- They were looking beaver pelts
Fur Trade Part 2
- Until the 20th century fur was considered valuable because they were waterproof and insulated
- Fur traders would give the indians metal knives, guns, cloth and more
- Pelts were used mainly to make hats but also other other clothing
Wisconsin Fur Trade
How did the Trade affect the Water?
Jacques Porlier was a fur trader born in Montreal in 1767. He moved to Green Bay to continue. He was elected a member of the Beaver Club in 1801. He died at Green Bay in 1838. He was one of the biggest fur traders in Green bay
From 1763 to 1816 the British Government held possession of France . The British had took troops and french voyagers to Green bay. The french voyagers made there way to Oshkosh where they started to fur trade
- people would travel by boat to trade and become traders ( traveled in birch bark boats )
- Fishermen left there post which meant less of there boats in the water
- They also discovered more rivers by the traveling
From 1763 to 1816 the British Government held possession of the French Provinces. English troops to french provinces to Green Bay. Some went off to Fond du Lac where they started fur trade.
Afterwards a post was re established there while British soldiers were stationed for a short time at Prairie Du Chien in spite of the French authority had been taken away from the Northwest and the power of Great Britain ruled the French traders and settlers stayed which then started their own trading posts
those at Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Milwaukee Fond Du Lac, Oshkosh, Portage, some new settlements near Green Bay, and a few smaller ones in other portions of the State.
Sources
- https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1jmdAergMU5ZEYk-RVMZGQvV9XvI&hl=en&ll=44.35773244124543%2C-89.113553265625&z=6
- https://www.mpm.edu/research-collections/anthropology/online-collections-research/dubay-site/wisconsin-fur-trade