BITA: Fur Trade
La Compagnie des Hivernants de la Riviere Saint Pierre
Al Kasinskas, Fur Trade reenactor
  • What language is that? What does it mean?
  • What is a "Hivernant"?
  • What does "les Coureur du Bois" mean? What did they do?
  • What is a voyegeur? What did they do?
  • Who were the "pork eaters"? Did they eat anything else?
  • Where does the saying "mad as a hatter" come from?
  • What happened to the Hudson Bay Company and the Northwest Company?
  • How did the fur trade affect the indigenous peoples of the area?

    Places to learn about fur traders

  • La Compagnie des Hivernants de la Riviere Saint Pierre
  • White Oak Fur Post

    La Compagnie on a trip (Al is kneeling) La Compagnie

    Sarah, Caelli, Eric, Anthony (clockwise) kids

    Trade goods trade goods

    Furs and a model birch bark canoe furs

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