In the late sixteen hundreds, the top of Lake Michigan and the straits which connected Lake Superior to the other Great Lakes was of strategic importance. Here, a fortified trading post controlled the fur trade. Native Americans and Canadian Voyageurs traveled here from the West and the North to trade beaver and other furs for products manufactured as far away as France. The furs were then transported by canoe to Montreal and on to France where most of them became fashionable (and very expensive) felt hats.
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