שיחה:חברת מפרץ הדסון

חסר פרט קטן בערך - מה החברה הזו עושה? עידו • שיחה 00:30, 5 בינואר 2009 (IST)

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Rent obligation under charter

Under the charter forming the Hudson's Bay Company, the company was required to give two elk skins and two black beaver pelts to the English King, then Charles II, or his heirs, whenever they visit an area that was formerly Rupert's Land. The ceremony was first conducted with the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII) in 1927, then with King George VI in 1939, and last with his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II in 1959 and 1970. On the last such visit, the pelts were given in the form of two live beavers, which the Queen donated to the Winnipeg Zoo.[7] However, when the Company permanently moved its headquarters to Canada, the Charter was amended to remove the rent obligation.[8] Each of the four "rent ceremonies" took place in or around Winnipeg.

It is, however, a persistent urban legend that the company would lose its charter if it did not give the monarch the rent any time they visit Western Canada, and so, it is alleged, there are furs and blankets stored at a Bay store in each city, with the manager prepared to rush to the airport and present them to the monarch should their plane touch down, even to refuel.

קטעים איתם... עידו • שיחה 00:45, 5 בינואר 2009 (IST)

שם הערך

אני חושב שעדיף HBC, העברות פה הוא קצת משונה. ‏odedee • שיחה 12:24, 2 באוגוסט 2009 (IDT)

גם אני חושב (8 שנים מאוחר יותר) שכדאי הדסון ביי קומפני, זה השם שמתועתק במדריכי טיולים למשל. Eldad? ביקורת - שיחה 00:12, 10 בפברואר 2017 (IST)

אני בעד. אלדד • שיחה 00:14, 10 בפברואר 2017 (IST)