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The Hudson Bay Company or HBC was given the exclusive right to trade furs in the are granted to them. The name of the company signified the geographic access to the heart of North America's rich fur trading area.
The North West Company had a foothold in the Northwest, but not a continental monopoly; the Hudsonâs Bay Company had a monopoly within its chartered area in Canada and wanted a monopoly in the West. It made sense for the competitors to merge, and they did so in 1821.