Rogues, Rascals and Kings: Tales from Canada’s Fur Trade
Convocation Hall in University Hall (McMaster main campus)
04/06/2019, 7:00 pm - TO 04/06/2019 - 9:00 pm
Acclaimed Canadian author Ken McGoogan talks about how, from out of McMaster’s new Dr. William G. Bensen Fur Trade Collection of Robert D.W. Band, fur-traders spring to life and lay the foundations of Canadian nationhood.
Bush-runners like Pierre Esprit-Radisson emerge in the late 1600s. Then come the Highlanders who, having built Montreal’s Golden Square Mile, create a fur trade kingdom that extends westward to the Pacific and Arctic oceans. We witness the battle between the North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company, both peopled by rogues, rascals and would-be kings.
Anybody who thinks Canadian history is dull and boring is in for a shock.
This free public lecture is in celebration of the Dr. William G. Bensen Fur Trade Collection of Robert D.W. Band, donated by the Bensen Family in honour of Dr. William Bensen ’71, ’73.
When: Tuesday, June 4 @ 7:00 p.m.
Where: Convocation Hall in University Hall (McMaster main campus)