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Fur Traders
Trapping is a very important issue, which is connected
to many other larger issues. For instance, trapping lies at the
heart of the First Nation's distinct society issue. Before I talk
about the present, however, I would like to discuss whether
trapping should have been illegal when Canada was first
being settled in the 17th and 18th centuries. When the first
explorers came to the new world, it was regarded as a huge
slab of worthless rock standing between Europe and the
riches of the Orient. The only reason these explorers even
explored this continent was the hope of finding the
North-West passage, a route to the Orient. Fortunately,
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