Voyageurs
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Voyageurs were 18th- and 19th-century French people and later French Canadians who transported furs by canoe at the peak of the North American fur trade. The emblematic meaning of the term applies to
Shooting the Rapids, 1879 by Frances Anne Hopkins (1838–1919)
Photo of the Edict that King Louis XIV passed limiting who could participate in the fur trade
Voyageurs at Dawn, 1871 by Frances Anne Hopkins (1838–1919)
The Voyageurs, 1846 by Charles Deas
North American fur trade
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The North American fur trade is the historical commercial trade of furs and other goods in North America between the 16th and 19th centuries, beginning in the eastern provinces of French Canada and th
Voyageurs
…French: ; lit. 'travellers') were 18th- and 19th-century French people and later French Canadians who transported furs by canoe at the peak of the North American fur trade. The emblematic meaning of the term applies to places (New France, including the Pays d'en Haut and the Pays des Illinois) and times where that…
An illustration of European and Indigenous fur traders in North America, 1777
Fur cleaning tools
Iroquois conquests during the Beaver Wars (mid-1600s), which largely depopulated the upper and mid-Ohio River valley.
Iroquois, with western goods 1722