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Re: Spring Break Shopping in Canada
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 04:31:38 GMT
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Larry P wrote:
"Hudson's Bay Company" I think... Am I right, Canadian trivia buffs?
Originally a Crown Corporation??

The name is right, but I don't think it was ever a crown corporation.
FOunded in 16-something, before they had such things.

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(...) 'Twas indeed a crown corporation, if not in the sense you're thinking... it was officially sanctioned and granted exclusive rights within it's crown-delineated turf in 1670. The hbc.com site has quite a bit of historic info - not entirely (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)

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(...) "Hudson's Bay Company" I think... Am I right, Canadian trivia buffs? Originally a Crown Corporation?? (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)

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