Environmental History of the Hudson’s Bay Company
Project ID: UW-01-21
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Partner Institution: University of Washington
Fiscal Year: 2001
Initial Funding: $15,000
Total Funding: $20,000
Project Type: Research
Project Disciplines: Cultural
National Park: Pacific West Region
Principal Investigator: Findlay, John
Agreement Technical Representative: Louter, David
Abstract: An environmental history of the Hudson’s Bay Company will explore the ways that the fur trade in general and the Bay Company in particular modified the natural systems and influenced the native cultures of the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands in the 18th and 19th centuries. The study will provide an overview of the ways the fur trade shaped the landscapes of many of today’s national parks in these areas and offer a greater understanding of the relationship between the build and natural environments contained in them. The project will have wide application for multiple parks as part of an interdisciplinary approach to resource management, especially since preserving the cultural and natural resources of national parks often coincides.
(Renumbered J9088010027.)
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