by Nikki Rajala | Mar 24, 2019 | Featured
Peter Pond, a larger-than-life voyageur, is a visionary in the fur trade. Unfortunately, he’s also responsible for the deaths of three men. Death wasn’t uncommon back then, but murder was rare. And three of them? That marred his continuing in the fur...
by Nikki Rajala | Sep 14, 2018 | Featured
A few days back I blogged about red voyageur sashes, though they came in many colors — the sash was the most defining piece of a voyageur’s apparel. Wearing a bright sash was a useful and stylish part of voyageur clothing. In Chapter 2 of “Treacherous Waters,”...
by Nikki Rajala | Sep 10, 2018 | Voyageur
This post has been updated. See: A voyageur’s sash: The original utility belt A voyageur’s sash: The original utility belt ...
by Nikki Rajala | Apr 14, 2018 | Featured
My sister Kris visited Winnipeg last year and presented me with this gift card from the flagship Hudson’s Bay Company store. Love the trademark stripes — and carrying it around. Then I realized, “How apt!” Because the fur trade popularized the system of commercial...
