when was this company founded ?
1779
North West Company
1779 
prior to the 1830s the dominant industry in the oregon territory was UNANSWERABLE what were the commercial enterprises of this era ? Fur trade describe the settlements in this era ? Significant Dakota Sioux settlements in the Minnesota area included Kaposia name some forts from this era ? Fort Beauharnois, Fort Shelby, Fort Crawford where any explorations carried out ? Grand Portage, in particular, had long been established as the major trading center for the North West Company of Montreal.
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North West Company [SEP] Introduction
The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what is present-day Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario. With great wealth at stake, tensions between the companies increased to the point where several minor armed skirmishes broke out, and the two companies were forced by the British government to merge.