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Contact: Louis Bergeron
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Stanford University
Caption: Canada's earliest industry. Colin Fraser, trader at Fort Chipweyan, sorts fox, beaver, mink & other precious furs. This photo is circa 1890s, some 20 years after the voyageurs had ceased their forays.
Credit: Library and Archives Canada
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