In my book "A River of Seasons" I write about the Rendezvous an event where all trappers gathered each year. Some were gatherings of several hundred trappers and others were just a chance for the men to let off a little steam.
The years furs weren't worth much if there wasn't someone to buy them. Hudson's Bay Company always had buyers no matter what the size of the gathering. For many years, beaver were the mainstay of the trapping industry. Most of those were shipped by sail to England. The gentry had a love of beaver felt top hats and paid well.
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