The Voyageur

The Voyageur is the authoritative account of a unique and colorful group of men whose exploits, songs, and customs comprise an enduring legacy. French Canadians who guided and paddled the canoes of explorers and fur traders, the voyageurs were experts at traversing the treacherous rapids and dangerous open waters of the canoe routes from Quebec and Montreal to the regions bordering the Great Lakes and on to the Mackenzie and Columbia Rivers. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, explorers and fur traders relied on the voyageurs to open up the vast reaches of North America to settlement and trade.

Contributor(s): Nute, Grace Lee (Author)
ISBN: 0873512138 EAN: 9780873512138
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pages: 301
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: March 01, 1987