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 France and Britain. French traders exchanged manufactured goods with Indigenous peoples for furs there, making control of the valley a source of conflict. The St. Lawrence River Valley and Great Lakes were also important to French trade, but the contested farmland in this question is the Ohio Valley.

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