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Founded in 1779 in Montreal, the North West
Company was in the fur-trading business in the Canadian (or British North
American) North-West. In 1821, it merged with its main competitor, the Hudson Bay Company. In 1987, the Northern Stores Division
was acquired by a group of investors including 415 employees and the new
entity took back its historical name. The North West Company now has 181
retail outlets, located across northern Canada (British
Columbia, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories, Alberta,
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nunavut, Quebec and Labrador), as
well as owning 24 AC Value Centers and one AC Quickstop in Alaska.
Source: www.northwest.ca
Historical flag of the North West Company: a British red ensign with the
initials of the company in white letters in the fly. Similar to the flag of
the Hudsom Bay Company.
Luc Baronian, 23 April 2004