What was the name of the contested fur-rich farmland where the French would trade manufactured goods to Indigenous peoples for fur?

The Ohio Valley was a fur-rich region claimed by both the French and the British. French traders exchanged manufactured goods with Indigenous peoples for furs there, making control of the valley a source of conflict. The Hudson and St. Lawrence valleys and the Great Lakes were also important areas, but the contested farmland described is the Ohio Valley.

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