by Nikki Rajala | Jul 15, 2014 | Voyageur
What were voyageurs paid in the early 1800s? Were there different skills that voyageurs needed? (Rachel, age 15) Good question. They received trousers and a shirt or two, a blanket, tobacco and food while working. And money — 400 livres (I’ll find out how much that...
by Nikki Rajala | Jun 30, 2014 | Voyageur
This blog post has been updated. See https://nikkirajala.com/2025/07/13/voyageurs-hardy-dynamos-of-the-fur-trade/
by Nikki Rajala | May 30, 2014 | Voyageur
This blog has been updated. See https://nikkirajala.com/2025/07/13/voyageurs-hardy-dynamos-of-the-fur-trade/
by Nikki Rajala | May 14, 2014 | Voyageur
In April, the fur companies in or near Montreal, Canada, were busy organizing the spring brigades — inspecting new canoes, repacking trade goods, selecting canoemen, signing contracts. In May, as soon as the fur companies received word that the ice was gone from the...
by Nikki Rajala | Mar 10, 2014 | Voyageur
This blog — A Voyageur’s Life — will feature snippets relating to Waters Like the Sky, a book about a boy, André, who canoes with an experienced fur brigade from French Canada to the wilds of Lake Superior country in the early 1800s. Waters Like the Sky will be...
