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The Hudson's Bay Company Department Store is an historic building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is currently being used as a public market space. See also. List of historic places in Victoria, British Columbia; References
The Hudson Bay trade was diverted southwest to the edge of the prairie where pemmican was picked up to feed the voyageurs on their journey northwest to the Athabasca country. Competition from the Nor'Westers forced the Hudson's Bay Company to build posts in the interior. The two companies competed for a while and, in 1821, merged.
Today the store is the flagship for Hudson's Bay, is integrated with the Eaton Centre across Queen Street, and is the home of Toronto's comprehensive health centre. In January 2014, Hudson's Bay Company announced it would sell the tower and adjacent store to Cadillac Fairview and lease the site for 25 years. [4] The tower was reclad in 2017. [5]
Paleo-Indian cultures were the earliest in North America, with a presence in the Great Plains and Great Lakes areas from about 12,000 BCE to around 8,000 BCE. [citation needed] Prior to European settlement, Iroquoian people lived around Lakes Erie and Ontario, Algonquian peoples around most of the rest, and a variety of other indigenous nation-peoples including the Menominee, Ojibwa, Illinois ...
Fairview Park Mall is home to a central transit terminal. A bus terminal used to be located beside the southwest entrance of the Hudson's Bay store. [9] This facility served as a significant hub for Grand River Transit (GRT), with most of the routes terminating there.
Hudson's Bay Rewards (known as HBC Rewards before February 2013) is a loyalty program where customers earn points for purchases at Hudson's Bay stores and thebay.com in Canada. [1] [2] [3] Every 1000 points earned can be redeemed as $5 towards a purchase.
The Hudson Bay Lowlands is a vast wetland located between the Canadian Shield and southern shores of Hudson Bay and James Bay. Most of the area lies within the province of Ontario , with smaller portions reaching into Manitoba and Quebec .
Hudson's Bay Company flag (1801–1965) The HBC purchased William and Ann, and her stores, on 19 May 1824 for £1,500.Henry Hanwell Jr. was her master from 1824 to 1828. She sailed from Gravesend on 27 July and on 12 April 1825 anchored at Fort George.