Which organization established Fort Victoria on the Fraser River?

• A. Hudson's Bay Company
• B. Northwest Company
• C. Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• D. British East India Company

Answer: (A)

The Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Victoria on the Fraser River. In the early 19th century, the HBC built a network of trading posts across the Pacific Northwest to control fur trade routes and exchanges with Indigenous peoples. The Fraser River corridor was a strategic artery for moving furs toward the coast, so placing a post there allowed the HBC to secure access, manage trade, and extend its presence inland. The other options either didn’t establish trading forts in this region, or in the case of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the British East India Company, were not involved in frontier fur trade posts in this area.