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Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Battle of Seven Oaks
1816 engagement of the Pemmican War
The Battle of Seven Oaks—also known as the Seven Oaks Massacre and the Seven Oaks Incident—was a violent confrontation of the Pemmican War between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the North West Company (NWC) which occurred on 19 June 1816 near modern-day Winnipeg, Manitoba.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
North West Company
Historical fur-trading company
The North West Company was a Canadian fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in the regions that later became Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario. With great wealth at stake,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hudson's Bay Company
Canadian retail business group and former fur trading business
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) is a Canadian holding company of department stores and commercial property. It is the oldest corporation in North America, founded in 1670 and liquidated in 2025, and was headquartered in Toronto and New York City. Its intellectual property is…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Winnipeg
Capital city of Manitoba, Canada
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. As of 2021, Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it Canada's sixth-largest city…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Manitoba
Province of Canada
Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's fifth-most populous province, with a population of 1,342,153 as of 2021. Manitoba has a widely varied landscape, from arctic tundra and the Hudson Bay coastline in the north to dense…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)