Hudson's Bay Company Coat of Arms

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This coat of arms symbolized the Hudson's Bay Company. The latin phrase "pro pelle cutem" means "a pelt for a skin," referring to the HBC's extensive involvement in the fur trade.

This file appears in: A Man Named Friday

By Jen Hughes
Friday Harbor was incorporated as a city in 1909, but the city’s story starts much earlier. In 1845, the first Europeans arrived, the Hudson’s Bay Company, and they began to occupy the island after claiming it for England. The Hudson’s Bay Company…