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Pedlar is a derogatory term used in the days of the Fur Trade by Hudson's Bay Company men to describe any trader from Québec, and later any trader from the North West Company, who "peddled" his goods to the Indigenous peoples by taking them to their encampments.
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- Colombo, John Robert. "Pedlar". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 01 June 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pedlar. Accessed 27 November 2022.
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- APA 6TH EDITION
- Colombo, J. (2015). Pedlar. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pedlar
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- CHICAGO 17TH EDITION
- Colombo, John Robert. "Pedlar." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 07, 2006; Last Edited June 01, 2015.
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- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Pedlar," by John Robert Colombo, Accessed November 27, 2022, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pedlar
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| Article by | John Robert Colombo |
| Published Online | February 7, 2006 |
| Last Edited | June 1, 2015 |
