by Nikki Rajala | Aug 10, 2018 | Voyageur
Where in the world is André? Are the waters really treacherous? Please give me a map so I can see where “Treacherous Waters” takes place. Taya, 15, Blake, and Kjell, 13, (Time for maps, one of my favorite tasks.) For a kid in French-Canada in the early...
by Nikki Rajala | May 19, 2018 | Featured
It’s in my blood—I’m descended from voyageurs. Mom found listings of a dozen engagés, or canoemen, through genealogy research into her French-Canadian roots. My grandfather, a younger son of a younger son of a voyageur, told of his connection: His great...
