Fort Rupert established on Hudson Bay

Timeline

1. 1670London · EnglandCharles II granted a charter to Prince Rupert, the Duke of Albemarle, and others, establishing the "Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson's Bay"—later the Hudson's Bay Company. The charter granted the company a trade monopoly over the watersheds draining into Hudson Bay and limited governing rights.
2. 1670Fort Rupert · QuebecThe Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Rupert at the mouth of the Rupert River at the southern end of James Bay, forming, together with outposts like Fort Charles, the company's early trade network. Named after Prince Rupert, the fort began the company's systematic exploitation of North American interior resources through trade of beaver pelts and other furs with Indigenous peoples such as the Cree.