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03/01/2008

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Documentary telling the story of the wilderness empire of the North West Company.

Documentary telling the story of the short-lived but successful wilderness empire of the North West Company in Canada, run by the descendants of those who fought in Culloden.

Bha an càirdean air àireamh na bh' aig blàr Chulodair , ach b'e strì eadar-dhealaichte ann an dùthaich eile a bh' air an aire - san. B' iadsan fir Companaidh an Iar Thuath ann an Canada agus bha iad fhèin agus Companaidh Hudsons Bay le chèile ag iarraidh làmh an uachdar air margaidh bian Chanada. Ged nach tug iad buaidh maireannach anns an t -strì sin dh' fhàg iad a' làrach air an dùthaich.

They were the sons and grandsons of men who had fought in Culloden. They were a far cry from the wretched of the earth of the Highland clearance. Their ruthless vision, Mafia-like instincts and the muscles of their canoe brigades made them millionaire lords of the lakes and forests. Their achievements contributed in large measure to the shaping of modern Canada. They were the men of the North West Company and the story of their short-lived but incredibly successful wilderness empire and their struggle with the Hudson's Bay Company for fur-trade supremacy is told in this illuminating documentary account of a little-known area of Highland history.

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