The Hudson's Bay Company :

store in downtown Trail has been
‘serving the people of Castlegar
and district for many years with
quality merchandise and cour-
teous_ service. Extensively
remodelled late last year, these
pictures show a sampling of the
women’s wear and cosmetics in
the “new” Bay.

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The Company Today
Merchandising . . . More than
250 stores, ranging from
Newfoundland to the Yukon and
from the Arctic Islands to the
United States border, serve the
diversitied needs of Canadians.
The Bay is strongly represented in
_ten of Canada’s important cities
and is the leading retailer
throughout the Canadian North.

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The Bay i is Proud to Have the Community of Castlegar
Within Our Trading Area — You are Important to Us

Charles II granted to 18 Adven-.

tion houses in Montreal, New York
and London.

Real Estate . . . The Com-
pany’s real estate interests consist
principally of whole or. partial

ownership of shopping centres.

and commercial .buildings in
Canadian cities, ownership of
Beaver House Limited in London,
England, and of a 64.3 per cent in-

terest in Markborough Properties”

Limited. Markborough is. a

The Wholesale Depart

Canadian property development

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distributes giftwares; confec-
tionery ‘and tobacco products
through a network of branches
located from coast to coast. The
Company's famous blankets’ and
spirits are sold throughout Canada
and the United States.

The Company maintains its
traditional interest in fur with auc-

company with substantial holdings
of residential, commercial and in-
dustrial properties located prin-
cipally in the Toronto area.
Personnel . . . In its various
activities, the Company employe
over 20,000 people.
History :
Incorporation . ...

King

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turers a Charter. incorporating
them as the Governor .and Com-

pany of Adventurers of England :
. Trading into Hudson's Bay on’May.

2, 1670. This followed the suc-
cessful voyage of the ketch “Non-
such,” with Des Groseilliers
aboard, to Hudson Bay to trade for
‘urs

In 1970, three hundred years |
after its incorporation,: the:Com-.

pany was continued as a Canadian
Coporation and headquarters

were transferred from the United.

Kingdom to Canada.

Competition . . . During the °
first century of the’: Company's:
t

existence the men on the Bay
established forts, traded with the
Indians and were involved i in wars
with ihe: French. -

“As competition from the Mon- °

é treal-based North West Company

increased in the 1770's, the Com-
pany. moved into the interior and
gradually built'a network of routes

‘and forts. spread out over the north

and west. The two rival companies

amalgamated under the Hudson's ~

Bay Company name in 1821.

- : (Deed of Surrender . . . in 1870,
‘by Deed.of Surrender, the Com-

any’s chartered territory was
& rmally transferred to the Gover-
nment of Canada: in return: for:
farm: lands in the Prairie Provinces
which’ were. sold to settlers

| during the next 85 years.

Following the Deed of Surren-
der the Company turned its atten-
tion to the retail trade which is

now its most important activity.

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