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Title Act for Regulating the Fur Trade, upon Merging of the Hudson's Bay Company and North-West Company
Library University of Alberta
Date 02 Jul 1821
Publisher Eyre and Strahan
Place of Publication London
Description This act, released shortly after the amalgamation of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North-West Company, granted exclusive trading rights to the 'new' Hudson's Bay Company for a period of 21 years. The act also extended the legality of the Jurisdiction Act of 1803 to include all territory specified by the Hudson's Bay Company's lease.
Document Type Business Records
Theme(s) Regulation and Legislation; Trade and Commerce
Keywords fur trade, law, crime, official, document, legal, government, colony, court
Countries Canada; UK
Company Hudson's Bay Company; North-West Company
People George IV
Copyright University of Alberta