Beavers and Plumes: The History of the Trade and Conflicts Over Beaver Hats and Feathered Hats by Charles River Editors
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Overview: When Queen Elizabeth arrived in Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba in 1970, she was, like many foreign leaders, greeted with a reception and offered tokens by her hosts. What was different about this occasion, however, were the gifts offered: live elk and beaver. In the long-standing tradition of the Hudson’s Bay Company, should the King or Queen arrive in the lands governed by the charter King Charles II granted in 1660, he or she would be presented with two elk and two beavers by Company officials.
Only Queen Elizabeth and her father had the opportunity to take advantage of this part of the charter’s clauses, but the royal houses of Britain had benefitted from the Hudson’s Bay Company for hundreds of years beforehand. Britain had grown rich on the profits brought into the country from across the seas in North America, and an incredible amount of those profits came about from a relatively tiny animal that was abundant across the continents.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biography
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