Locations of North American Fur Trading Posts

1. Hudson Bay Region

Hudson Bay, York Factory, Moose Factory, Fort Albany (Canada)

2. Great Lakes Region

Michilimackinac, Fort Niagara, Detroit, Fort Malden

3. Mississippi River Valley

Cahokia, Kaskaskia, St. Louis, New Orleans

4. Rocky Mountains Region

Fort Union, Fort Laramie, Bent's Fort, South Pass

5. Pacific Northwest

Astoria, Fort Vancouver, Sitka

6. Canadian Arctic

Fort Chipewyan, Fort Resolution, Fort Simpson

7. Northeastern Coast

Boston, Albany, Philadelphia

Posts were strategically placed near waterways, transport routes, and wildlife-rich areas for fur exchange with Native American tribes.