The #BeaverWars (#Mohawk: Tsianì kayonkwere), also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars (French: Guerres franco-iroquoises), were a series of conflicts fought intermittently during the 17th century in North America throughout the Saint Lawrence River valley in Canada and the Gre
The area surrounding the mouth of the Nelson River is known as Port Nelson, a ghost town that once had approximately 1,000 people. It was also one of the western most regions of the #BeaverWars between Indigenous nations with different factions supported by the British and French in pursuit of more beaver belts.
#Colonialism #Beavers 🦫
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Nelson,_Manitoba
