Lesson Four: Americans Enter the Rivalry — Astoria

Map of Astorian Groups' Routes to the Northwest

Wilson Hunt (dotted line)
Stuart's Route (solid line)
McClellan's probable route (dashed line)

(Reproduced in Dorothy O. Johansen and Charles M. Gates, Empire of the Columbia: A History of the Pacific Northwest. New York, 1957, p. 129. Map credited to Cartographic Laboratories, Department of Geography, University of Washington.)

Astorian vs. Northwest Company Trade Schemes for Northwest Furs