Canada's 'new economy island'
Montreal is an island in the St Lawrence river. Europeans, seeking China, bumped into it more than 450 years ago. Gradually, as the hub of North America's fur trade, Montreal's reach stretched throughout a continent. Voyageurs paddling canoes heavy with pelts (mostly beaver, which made the fine felt hats then fashionable) found all sorts of civilized niceties awaiting their profitable return from the primeval wilderness.
Fashions come and go and Montreal has consistently traded hats to adapt
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