2006-12-09 07:22:54 · 4 answers · asked by - ѕoичтα. ☮ 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
France owned it at that time and beaver and other pelts was the only resource they could see in it.
2006-12-09 07:33:06 · answer #1 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fur trade was the main economy in Canada for a really long time. The trappers were mostly French to begin with. Most of Canada as it is today was founded on the areas granted to British fur traders by the Crown after kicking the French out.
2006-12-09 16:20:56 · answer #2 · answered by smilindave1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More so in the Northern Provinces----------The longer periods of darkness in the Winter months left the early Canadians with a lot of time on their hands, which they discovered they could fill watching reruns of the adventures of the Cleavers--------Ward, June. Wally, and of course Beaver.
2006-12-09 15:49:45 · answer #3 · answered by JIMBO 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they used its pelt to earn money and trade with the natives
2006-12-09 15:38:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋