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Dene traders carried salt hundreds of kilometres to trade with the Inuit
Dene oral history describes travelling about 300 km from the Yellowknife area to the salt plains of today's Wood Buffalo National Park, then about 600 km to Contwoyto Lake to trade the salt with the Inuit. Dene traders also told the Hudson's Bay Company about the salt, which appears on a company map of 1760.
Read the full story: Salt Plains of Wood Buffalo National Park
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The Salt Almanac. (2026, November 8). Dene traders carried salt hundreds of kilometres to trade with the inuit. https://saltalmanac.com/did-you-know/dene-inuit-salt-trade
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Original sources
- Canada's History. The Quickening Flavour: salt in the fur trade. https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/fur-trade/the-quickening-flavour