The Fur Trade
 The fur trade profoundly influenced the lifestyle and culture of the
Northwest Territories over a period of some 150 years. It was the
abundance of fur-bearing mammals, and the quality of their pelts, which
originally attracted Europeans to explore the North. The trade relied on the
furbearers of the subarctic forest: beaver, muskrat, mink, marten and lynx.
Adapted from "A Way of Life", pp 8-18, by Marianne Bromley, Department
of Renewable Resources, (RWED) Government of the Northwest Territories,
Yellowknife, NT Copyright 1986 ISBN 0-7708-7146-1
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