1. HBC - Noun
2. HBC - Proper noun
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HBC
(Canada, historical) Hudson's Bay Company, a major Canadian retailer and former British Crown corporation on the North American fur trade.
A number of older Hudson's Bay Company and early 1950s buildings have been retained and restored in Apex (the former nursing station has been revived as the Rannva Bed and Breakfast, the HBC buildings as an art gallery). Source: Internet
By 1821, when armed hostilities broke out with their Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) rivals, the North West Company was pressured by the British government to merge with the HBC. Source: Internet
A HBC trading post was located on the east shore of the lake in Ontario. Source: Internet
From 1812 to 1840 the British, through the HBC, had nearly complete control of the Pacific Northwest and the western half of the Oregon Trail. Source: Internet
Because the fur trade was a very dynamic market, HBC needed to have some form of flexibility when dealing with prices and traders. Source: Internet
Before 1974, the records of the HBC were kept in the London office headquarters. Source: Internet