Located to the west
of the Island of Montréal along Lake Saint-Louis, The Fur
Trade at Lachine National Historic Site testifies to the apogee
of the fur industry in the Montréal region in the 18th
and early 19th centuries. The old stone warehouse dates from 1803.
Alexander Gordon, ex-clerk and stockholder of the North West Company
had it built to store trading goods and furs. In 1833, the warehouse
became the property of the Hudson’s Bay Company.
Lachine occupied a strategic position on the fur route as a departure
and arrival point for trading expeditions. It was also an important
centre for storing the Montréal merchants’ furs and
for trading goods. Today, this unique warehouse houses an exhibition
that enables visitors to relive the Montréal fur epic.
