by Nikki Rajala | Oct 26, 2018 | Featured
In discussing “Treacherous Waters” in a group with French-Canadian ancestry, I mentioned what I’d learned about Ste. Anne as a patroness of voyageurs. I felt so smug. Then Marie asked, “Which Ste. Anne? Ste. Anne de Beaupré?” Oops. More than one Ste. Anne? I...
by Nikki Rajala | Oct 18, 2018 | Featured
“Saint Anne is the patroness of the Canadians, in all their travels by water.” That’s what Alexander Henry (the Elder) wrote in his 1804 journal about his 1761 venture into Canadian fur country. I also read about her in various fur trade histories. So I believed...