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The voyageur's routes were longer distance fur trade water routes that ships and large boats could not reach or could not travel. The canoes travelled along well-established routes. [15] These routes were explored and used by Europeans early in the history of the settlement of the continent. Most led to Montreal. Later many led to Hudson Bay.
From here to Lake of the Woods the voyageurs' route went northwest across the 9 mile (14 km) long Grand Portage to avoid the falls and canyon of the Pigeon River, thence along the present international border west up the 50 miles (80 km) long Pigeon River and Arrow River to South Lake, and then across the 400 metres (1,300 ft) Height of Land ...
[1] [2] [a] In the 1840s, Cunningham worked as a voyageur, like his father, and also as an interpreter in the journal of Reverend Robert Rundle (1811–1896). [1] On 28 February 1841, at Rocky Mountain House, the 24-year-old Cunningham married Margaret Mondion, whose origins are uncertain, though she may have come from the White Horse Plains ...
Under the voyageurs, the fur trade began to favor a more organized business model of the times, including monopolistic ownership and hired labor. From 1681 onwards, therefore, the voyageurs began to eclipse the coureurs des bois, although coureurs des bois continued to trade without licenses for several decades. [ 13 ]
Les Voyageurs (camp), a French-language immersion program run through the Concordia Language Villages École des Voyageurs , a French-language elementary school in Langley, British Columbia, Canada Voyageur Elementary School , an English-language elementary school in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
Voyageurs National Park is a national park of the United States in northern Minnesota established in 1975. It is located near the city of International Falls . The park's name commemorates the voyageurs — French-Canadian fur traders who were the first European settlers to frequently travel through the area. [ 3 ]
The Voyageurs Cup (French: Coupe des Voyageurs) is the domestic trophy for professional soccer in Canada, awarded to the best men's and women's clubs in the country. The Cup was conceived and commissioned by fans of the Canada men's national team , the Voyageurs , in 2002.
The first Europeans to visit Alberta were French Canadians during the late 18th century, working as fur traders and voyageurs for the Hudson's Bay Company, or the North West Company. [3] French was the predominant language used in some early fur trading forts in the region, such as the first Fort Edmonton (in present day Fort Saskatchewan). [7]