Hudson's Bay Company

American  

noun

1. a company chartered in England in 1670 to carry on fur trading with the Indians in North America.

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Hudson's Bay Company British  

noun

1. an English company chartered in 1670 to trade in all parts of North America drained by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay

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Example Sentences

Norimitsu Onishi went to Winnipeg to report on the Hudson’s Bay Company’s donation of its former flagship store.

From New York Times

Many of these early settlers were Kanakas — Native Hawaiians who previously had worked for Hudson’s Bay Company.

From Seattle Times

When Pitseolak’s husband, a fur trapper and hunter, died in an epidemic, leaving the family close to starvation, she and her children settled near Cape Dorset, founded as a trading post for the Hudson’s Bay Company.

From New York Times

The Hudson’s Bay Company established Fort Nisqually in 1833 for a year-round supply of beaver, otter and other pelts for trade.

From Seattle Times

The first recorded visit to the Radium Hot Springs was in 1841, when George Simpson, the governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, bathed in a gravel pool just big enough for one person.

From Seattle Times