by Nikki Rajala | Nov 6, 2024 | Voyageur
A good idea always moves. Point blankets were used for more than sleeping by French-Canadian fur traders. To cope with being outdoors in the harsh winters, voyageurs fashioned a wool point blanket into long wrap-style coat with a hood by cutting off one end (for...
by Nikki Rajala | Oct 4, 2018 | Featured
Bon jour! (“Good day” in French) Have you wondered what the foreign words in “Waters Like the Sky” or “Treacherous Waters” sound like as you’re reading about the adventures and mishaps of a brigade of fur traders in the 1800s? If so, now you can check out the...
