The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site

The Fur Trade Lachine Museum (French Lieu historique national du commerce de -la- Fourrure -à- Lachine, English The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site ) is a museum in Lachine, a borough of Montreal. It is located at the western end of the Lachine Canal in a building from the early 19th century, which stands as a National Historic Site under monument protection.

From the 17th century the Voyageurs traveled from that point in their canoes to the west to trade with the natives in furs (especially beaver pelts ). The Lachine rapids made ​​it impossible for larger ships, the St. Lawrence River to follow on, so that the goods had to be transshipped here. In order to temporarily store furs, leaving Alexander Gordon, a partner of the North West Company to build a stone building in 1803. This warehouse came in 1833 in the possession of the Hudson 's Bay Company.

1977 acquired the authority of Parks Canada, the building and had it restored. In 1985 a museum was opened, which is concerned with the fur trade in North America.