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Uncharted Waters
The Chronicles of an Unlikely Voyager – Book 3
It’s 1805 and André, now 16, desperately wants to paddle with French-Canadian canoe brigades-maybe his last chance. But choosing to tend to his ailing foster parents, he relinquishes his clerk’s position at a fur trade post in the vast Canadian wilderness.
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John Macdonell’s journal: part 3
John Macdonell’s 1793 diary: In 3 weeks, his brigade has traversed the Ottawa and Mattawa Rivers and reached the Lake Nipissing, back-breaking work for the voyageurs.
John Macdonell’s journal: part 2
John Macdonell’s journal of 1793: He describes the challenges of the Ottawa River on his first fur trade voyage. However, he wasn’t required to paddle or carry like the voyageurs.
John Macdonell’s journal: part 1
John Macdonell’s diary: Signing on in 1793 as a clerk for the North West Company, to supervise the fur trade.







