Old Fort William was constructed during the early 1800s near Thunder Bay, Ontario. For a time, it was a major fur trading post used by Canadian trappers. The hunters would often come in from the forest by boat and land their skins at the dock. Employees of the Northwest Company would keep track of their arrival, and the disposition of their goods. Most of the fur trading here was beaver, which was the great demand in Europe for men's beaver hats.
