Table of Contents

Cover Page

Introduction

A Note on Sources

Chapter One: The Rainy Lake Region in the Fur Trade

Geography of the fur trade
Historical Overview of the fur trade in the Rainy Lake Region
     French Trade and Exploration, 1688-1763
     Rise of the North West Company, 1763-1793
     The North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company, 1793-1821
     The Hudson's Bay Company and the American Fur Company, 1821-1842
     Last Years of the Fur Trade, 1842-1870

Chapter Two: The Fur Trade Experience in the Rainy Lake Region

Trade
Transportation

Chapter Three: Material Culture

Products of the Trade
     Canoes
     Sleds
     French Goods
     British Goods
     American Goods
     Ojibwe Goods
Transportation
Habitations
     Fort William
     Posts
     Outposts
     Camps
     Wild Rice
     Ojibwe Agriculture
     Agriculture and Livestock around the Forts
     Burial Grounds

Chapter Four: The Natural Environment in the Fur Trade Era

Climate
Flora
Fauna Fisheries
Conclusion

Bibliography

Primary Sources (Manuscripts)
Primary Sources (Record Groups)
Primary Sources (Published)
Secondary Sources

Notes

Index (omitted from on-line edition)

List of Figures

Figure 1. Canoe Routes through the Rainy Lake Region

Figure 2. Voyageurs' Route

Figure 3. Lakes and Rivers from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan

Figure 4. French Forts in the time of La Vérendrye

Figure 5. Geographic Names of the Fur Trade Era

Figure 6. Posts and Outposts of the Fur Trade Era