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Business Histories:
Alaska & the Yukon


Alaska Packers' Association
A comprehensive roster of the 27 ships owned by the company between 1893 and 1935, with individual ship histories.

Hudson's Bay Company
The Provincial Archives of Manitoba in Winnipeg is the home of the company's records, and the site does an excellent job of describing HBC operations.

Lynden Transport
A brief look at the company's 44 years of trucking on the Alaska Highway.

The North West Company
This corporate page gives just the briefest outline of their 329-year history in Canada and Alaska.

The Russian American Company in California
The Russians started a post at Fort Ross, California in 1812 to hunt sea otters, and to supply agricultural products to their Alaskan posts.

The Russian American Company's Flags
Three examples with descriptions of Alaska's first flag, from Flags of the World.

The Russian-American Company in Hawaii
., a look at Hawaii's importance as a supply point for Russia's Alaskan trading posts.


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