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Near here in 1659, Pierre Radisson and Medart Groseilliers erected a crude structure of tree boughs “layed acrosse, one upon an other” after coming to Chequamegon Bay from Montreal, where Radisson wrote that “at the end of this bay we landed.” Their very profitable trip led to the confiscation of their licenses and furs because they refused to share the proceeds with the French Governor of Canada. In anger, Radisson and Groseilliers went to England and persuaded Prince Rupert to sponsor an expedition to Hudson Bay. Groseilliers soon returned with a great cargo of beaver skins, and a royal charter was then issued to the Hudson's Bay Company. The ambition of these two adventurers to exploit northern North America contributed much to the long conflict between England and France for control of the continent.
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Ashland, Wisconsin · United States
