It's funny to me, a Canadian,
that this even warrants a did-you-know article because everything about the beaver fur/hat making industry is something I learned extensively about in elementary and high school because it was like, a major driver of the European exploration and colonization and therefore significant to the history of my country.
But outside of here it's just a footnote to a fashion trend.
Some people speculate that the USA gained control of Oregon country in large part because Canadians/Brits trading in beaver furs had to send all their pelts back to the UK before they could go out to the rest of the world. America just sailed from Boston to the PNW, traded for pelts and went directly to, say, China. Much faster, and cheaper too.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_beaver_hat_-_D...
Edit: it's clearer in the seal of the city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_New_York_City
But outside of here it's just a footnote to a fashion trend.