Ripples from La Prairie Voyageur Canoes
Friday, March 26, 2021
Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish fur trader and explorer, was my 7th cousin
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie, fur trader and explorer, was born 1764, in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. He died March 12, 1820, near Dunke...
Monday, March 15, 2021
Holy Smoke! Maybe Our Voyageur Ancestors Were Actually Vikings
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Last fall (2020) ancestry(dot)com updated my DNA Ethnicity Estimate and suggested I was at least 47%, and perhaps as high as 61% Scottish. N...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The Lament of Jean Cadieux
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“The Lament of Cadieux” or “Petit rocher de la haute montagne” was one of the most popular ballads played in French-Canada throughout the ...
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Uncle Antoine voyageur for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle
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In 2019 I made an extraordinary discovery — a copy of a voyageur contract between two of our ancestral relatives JACQUES NEPVEU (NEVEU) (1...
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Thursday, October 29, 2020
A Glimpse in Time - Fort Frontenac, 7 September 1677
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Frontenac on way to Cataraqui by John Henry de Rinzy Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in 1673 at the mouth...
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Monday, October 26, 2020
Living with a 'Fur Trade' Collection -- my artistic and emotional connection to the past
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Honoring my French-Canadian Voyageur Grandfathers From the "Psychology of collecting," we learn the common reasons people collect ...
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