(1783-1821) British-Canadian fur-trading company. Its operations were centred around the Lake Superior region and the valleys of the Red, Assiniboine, and Saskatchewan rivers. It later spread north and west to the Arctic and Pacific oceans. When its competitor, the Hudson's Bay Co., established a colony on the Red River (1811-12), North West workers destroyed the colony in the Seven Oaks Massacre. Hudson's Bay workers retaliated by destroying the North West post at Fort Gibraltar. The British government pressured the two companies to merge in 1821 as the Hudson's Bay Co
The north-west part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the north-west. the north-west coast of the United States. Sydney's north-west suburbs. = north-western
The north-west of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the north-west. Labour took its pre-election campaign to the North-West. the extreme north-west of South America
Something that is north-west of a place is positioned to the north-west of it. This was situated to the north-west of the town, a short walk from the railway station