Ripples from La Prairie Voyageur Canoes -- My Voyageur Ancestry

Editor Jerry England at Rendezvous Reenactment in 1987

Jerry England’s collection of genealogy and research notes, about his French-Canadian ancestors and relatives who were involved in the fur trade during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Rather than printing his research in a book Jerry decided to published it online to be enjoyed by anyone who shares his ancestry.  He considers the work to be a "Genealogy Act of Kindness," which he believes will generate its own rewards.

NEW FUR TRADE LINKS — Late 2025 and 2026

From Pedigree to Beaver Pelts: A Genealogist’s Journey into Fur Trade History

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/from-pedigree-to-beaver-peltsa.html

La Prairie Fur Traders: 17th Century Glass Trade Beads

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/la-prairie-fur-traders-17th-century.html

For God and country, plus fame, fortune and glory: the explorers of Nouvelle France 1608 to 1763

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/for-god-and-country-plus-fame-fortune.html

Denise Sevestre: Her Voyageur Sons and the Fur Trade

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/denise-sevestre-her-voyageur-sons-and.html

The River's Blood: The La Prairie Voyageur Legacy (2026 edition)

390 page free online book 

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-rivers-blood-la-prairie-voyageur.html

The Voyageur's Odyssey: Philippe Foubert's Frontier Life in New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-voyageurs-odyssey-philippe-fouberts.html

Cousin Joseph Duquet: Hanged for His Part in the Lower Canada Rebellion, 1838

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/cousin-joseph-duquet-hanged-for-his.html

Charles Diel's 1684 Expedition: A Voyage to the Heart of the Pays d'en Haut

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/charles-diels-1684-expedition-voyage-to.html

Jacques Hugues Picard, known as Lafortune: Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/jacques-hugues-picard-known-as.html

Voyageurs Moccasins or Souliers De Boeuf

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/voyageurs-moccasins-or-souliers-de-boeuf.html

An interesting quote from: “The Story of the Trapper,” by A. C. Laut, 1902

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/an-interesting-quote-from-story-of.html

Voyageurs, Coureurs des Bois, and the Indispensable Knife

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/voyageurs-coureurs-des-bois-and.html

Unearthing a Shiny Piece of History: Narcisse Roy, the Montreal Silversmith Extraordinaire

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/unearthing-shiny-piece-of-history.html

The Canoe's Call: The Life of François Moïse Dupuis, Voyageur of New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-canoes-call-life-of-francois-moise.html

Frontiers of Fur and Faith: The Perras dit La Fontaine Legacy in New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/frontiers-of-fur-and-faith-perras-dit.html

Moïse Dupuis: Border Crosser of the Colonial Frontier

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/moise-dupuis-border-crosser-of-colonial.html

Joseph Poupart: Ephemeral Voyager of the Frontier Waters

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/joseph-poupart-ephemeral-voyager-of.html

The Betrayal on the Frontier: Pierre Poupart and the Lost Furs of Le Griffon

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-betrayal-on-frontier-pierre-poupart.html

Jacques Pinsonneau dit Lafleur: Shadowed Paths of the Frontier Patriarch 

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/jacques-pinsonneau-dit-lafleur-shadowed.html

Jacques Deneau dit Destaillis: Runner of the Woods and Frontier Trader

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/jacques-deneau-dit-destaillis-runner-of.html

The 1797 Contract: Gabriel Pinsonneau dit Lafleur and his Detroit Run

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-1797-contract-gabriel-pinsonneau.html

Rapids and Resolve: François Leber's Frontier Legacy in New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/rapids-and-resolve-francois-lebers.html

François Bourassa: Conqueror of the Northern Waters

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/francois-bourassa-conqueror-of-northern.html

Whispers from the Rapids: Pierre Barette dit Courville, Voyageur of La Prairie's Fur Trade Legacy

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/whispers-from-rapids-pierre-barette-dit.html

The North Man’s Contract: Jean-Baptiste Meunier Lagace (fils) and the NWC Empire

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-north-mans-contract-jean-baptiste.html

Rapids and Resolve: Gabriel Lemieux's (fils) Voyageur Legacy on the Frontier

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/rapids-and-resolve-gabriel-lemieuxs.html

Rapids of Empire: Pierre Poupart's Voyageur Odyssey in New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/rapids-of-empire-pierre-pouparts.html

Gabriel Pinsonneau dit Lafleur & Castorland, N.Y.

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2026/01/gabriel-pinsonneau-dit-lafleur.html

Why Canoeing Might Be in Jerry's Genes

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2026/01/why-canoeing-might-be-in-jerrys-genes.html

Cowboy Legacy: Unraveling the French-Canadian Saga of Lucy Pinsonneault

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2026/01/cowboy-legacy-unraveling-french.html

Étienne Duquet dit Desrochers: Steersman of the Twilight Voyages

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/etienne-duquet-dit-desrochers-steersman.html

Frontiers of Fur: The Boyer Family's Epic in New France and Beyond

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/frontiers-of-fur-boyer-familys-epic-in.html

Antoine Jacques Boyer, La Prairie Voyageur, 2026

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/antoine-jacques-boyer-la-prairie.html

Jean-Baptiste Meunier dit Lagace erects a trading post near the Ponca village

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/jean-baptiste-meunier-dit-lagace-erects.html

Pascal Pinsonneault, Canadian Convict Sent to Australia

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/pascal-pinsonneault-canadian-convict.html

"Ripples from the Rivet Family Voyageurs"

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/ripples-from-rivet-family-voyageurs.html

Rediscovering My LeBer Roots: Fur Traders, Frontier Lives, and a Legacy in the Blood

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/rediscovering-my-leber-roots-fur.html

Laurent Barette: Voyageur to the Louisiana Country

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/laurent-barette-voyageur-to-louisiana.html

Biography of Anne Convent (c. 1601–1675)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/biography-of-anne-convent-c-16011675.html

ABOUT THIS BLOG 2026, Echoes of New France: A Vivid Tapestry from the Shores of La Prairie

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/about-this-blog-echoes-of-new-france.html

Frontiersmen of Faith and Fur: The Amiot Legacy in New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/frontiersmen-of-faith-and-fur-amiot.html

A Tale of La Prairie: Threads of Fur and Family, 1675 -- with Family Trees

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-tale-of-la-prairie-threads-of-fur-and.html

2025

The Whittler’s Inheritance: A 1987 Journey into the Voyageur Spirit

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-whittlers-inheritance-1987-journey.html

Dowry of a Fille du Roi

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/denise-lemaistre-fille-du-roi-with.html

Denise Lemaistre a Fille du Roi with a Dowry Including Trade Linens

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/denise-lemaistre-fille-du-roi-with.html

Chief Nissowaquet: Odawa Leader and War Chief

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/chief-nissowaquet-odawa-leader-and-war.html

Updated Vielle (Viel) dit Cossé Family History

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/updated-vielle-viel-dit-cosse-family.html

Our Miville Family's Role in Early New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/our-miville-familys-role-in-early-new.html

Indigenous Allies: The Odawa, Ojibwe & Potawatomi

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/indigenous-allies-odawa-ojibwe.html

Exploring the Expeditions of Charles Lagassé: A Voyageur's Journey with David Thompson and the North West Company

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/exploring-expeditions-of-charles.html

Desroches Family Fur Trade Roles in New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/desroches-family-fur-trade-roles-in-new.html

The Martyrs of Montreal: The 1657 Ambush and the "Talking Head"

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-martyrs-of-montreal-1657-ambush-and.html

A Web of Exploration, Commerce, and Cultural Exchange: The Fur Trade Posts of New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-web-of-exploration-commerce-and.html

A Web of Exploration, Commerce, and Cultural Exchange: The Fur Trade Posts of New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-web-of-exploration-commerce-and.html

Jean-Baptiste Meunier dit Lagace erects a trading post near the Ponca village

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/jean-baptiste-meunier-dit-lagace-erects.html

The Forged Life of Jean-Baptiste Amiot

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-forged-life-of-jean-baptiste-amiot.html

Tasse à canot de voyageurs

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/tasse-canot-de-voyageurs.html

Fascinating Lebers from the Fur Trade Era of New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/fascinating-lebers-from-fur-trade-era.html

A Glimpse into the Past: The Merchant of Lauzon √

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-glimpse-into-past-merchant-of-lauzon.html

Ojibwe Alliances at Rainy Lake: Forged in Fur and Frontier

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/ojibwe-alliances-at-rainy-lake-forged.html

The Roaring Legacy of Kakabeka Falls: A Historical Exploration

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-roaring-legacy-of-kakabeka-falls.html

The Steersman's Shadow Over the Falls

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-steersmans-shadow-over-falls.html

The Call of the Wild Waters: Voyage to Lac de la Pluie

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-call-of-wild-waters-voyage-to-lac.html

From Normandy's Shores to Montana's Frontiers: A Voyageur's Legacy

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/from-normandys-shores-to-montanas.html

NEW BOOK: The River’s Blood: The La Prairie Voyageur Legacy

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-book-rivers-blood-la-prairie.html

A DRIFTING COWBOY — NEW POSTS — FALL 2025

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-drifting-cowboy-new-posts-fall-2025.html

The Pulse of La Prairie: A Saga of Fur, Faith, and Frontier (1670–1830)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-pulse-of-la-prairie-saga-of-fur_27.html

Voyageurs and Coureurs des Bois: Pioneers of the North American Fur Trade

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/voyageurs-and-coureurs-des-bois.html

The Le Ber & Le Moyne Trading Post

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-le-ber-le-moyne-trading-post.html

Jacques Pinsonneault dit Lafleur’s marriage to Marie Élisabeth Bourassa

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/jacques-pinsonneault-dit-lafleurs.html

The Life and Times of Cousin François Rivet—Mountain Man (2025 update)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-life-and-times-of-cousin-francois.html

Uncle Jacques Le Ber dit Larose 1633-1706: New France Fur Trader

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/uncle-jacques-le-ber-dit-larose-1633.html

DAVID THOMPSON’S ROLE IN EXPLORATION

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/david-thompsons-role-in-exploration.html

Francois Bourassa, voyageur, and wife Marie Le Ber in La Prairie

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/francois-bourassa-voyageur-and-wife.html

Daily life in New France (roughly 1608-1763)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/daily-life-in-new-france-roughly-1608.html

A Tale of La Prairie: Threads of Fur and Family, 1675

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-tale-of-la-prairie-threads-of-fur-and.html

Likely French Settlers in the 1670 La Prairie Longhouse

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/likely-french-settlers-in-1670-la.html

The Pulse of La Prairie: A Saga of Fur, Faith, and Frontier (1670–1830)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-pulse-of-la-prairie-saga-of-fur.html

A Chain of Canoes: Your Family's 230-Year Fur Trade Epic (1608–1830)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-chain-of-canoes-your-familys-230-year.html

NEW FRANCE FUR TRADE TIMELINE 1600-1830 (update 2025)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-france-fur-trade-timeline-1600-1830.html

From the Shores of the St. Lawrence: A Lagacé Legacy

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/from-shores-of-st-lawrence-lagace-legacy.html

Joseph Pinsonneau dit Lafleur and His 1763 Voyage for Jacques Lasselle

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/joseph-pinsonneau-dit-lafleur-and-his.html

Gabriel Pinsonneau dit Lafleur (1770–1807): 1797 Voyageur Engagement Contract

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/gabriel-pinsonneau-dit-lafleur-17701807.html

Echoes of the Wild: A Saga of the Godefroy Line

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/echoes-of-wild-saga-of-godefroy-line.html

La Prairie’s Boyer Family Fur Trade Dynasty

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/la-prairies-boyer-family-fur-trade.html

The Gagné Family Pillars of La Prairie

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-gagne-family-pillars-of-la-prairie.html

The Blood Compact: From Rouen Merchant to Canadian Nobility (Le Moyne)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-blood-compact-from-rouen-merchant.html

Madeleine Roy: The Bride of the Voyageur

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/madeleine-roy-bride-of-voyageur.html

A Tale of Adventures: Paddles on the Ottawa, Ties in the Trade

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-tale-of-adventures-paddles-on-ottawa.html

A Tale of Adventures: From Beaver Pelts to Buffalo Robes

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-tale-of-adventures-from-beaver-pelts.html

THE DESROCHES FUR TRADE LEGACY: WITH CONNECTIONS TO RED RIVER METIS & LOUIS RIEL

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-desroches-fur-trade-legacy-with.html

The River's Blood: A Saga of Seven Generations of Voyageur Ancestors

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-rivers-blood-saga-of-seven.html

La Prairie’s Diel Family and Its Fur Trade Connections

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/la-prairies-diel-family-and-its-fur.html

Jean-Baptiste Poupart (c. 1762–1832): A La Prairie Voyageur

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/jean-baptiste-poupart-c-17621832-la.html

The Le Ber brothers and their role in New France’s Fur Trade

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-le-ber-brothers-and-their-role-in.html

Gabriel Pinsonneau) dit Lafleur (1803–1877): Life, Migration, and the Family Rumor

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/gabriel-pinsonneau-dit-lafleur-18031877.html

Grok xAI’s and Drifting Cowboy -- The Boyer Fur Trade Family in La Prairie, Quebec

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/grok-xais-and-drifting-cowboy-boyer-fur.html

René Bourassa dit LaRonde: A Prominent Voyageur and Fur Trader

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/rene-bourassa-dit-laronde-prominent.html

Gabrielle Louise Moreau — La Prairie, New France and the fur trade

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/gabrielle-louise-moreau-la-prairie-new.html

Ripples on the St. Lawrence: A Tale of La Prairie’s Deneau Family

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/ripples-on-st-lawrence-tale-of-la.html

The enduring Dupuis fur trade family of La Prairie, New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/theenduring-dupuis-fur-trade-familyof.html

Duquet: A Fur Trade Family Dynasty From Tadoussac To La Prairie

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/duquet-fur-trade-family-dynasty-from.html

Echoes of the North: The Lagacé Legacy in New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/echoes-of-north-lagace-legacy-in-new.html

The Pinsonneau Family: Fur Traders in Early North America

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-pinsonneau-family-fur-traders-in.html

A BRUSH WITH DESTINY: TEMPESTS AND TRIUMPHS OF OUR LA PRAIRIE VOYAGEUR KIN 

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-brush-with-destiny-tempests-and.html

New Ripples from La Prairie Voyageur Canoes -- conversations between Drifting Cowboy and Grok xAI, Gemini AI, or ChatGPT AI. 

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur.html

La Prairie’s Fur Trade & Ties That Bind — Leber, Bourassa & Pinsonneau Families

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/10/la-prairies-fur-trade-ties-that-bind.html

Coureur des bois Daniel Amiot; Charles Michel de Langlade ("Father of Wisconsin”) and Pontiac’s Rebellion

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/10/coureur-des-bois-daniel-amiot-charles.html

The Familial Connection Between Perette Cavelier and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-familial-connection-between-perette.html

Voyageurs from La Prairie, Quebec: An Overview (courtesy of xAI GROK)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/10/voyageurs-from-la-prairie-quebec.html

Jerry England: Blogger, Genealogist, and Fur Trade Enthusiast

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/10/jerry-england-blogger-genealogist-and.html

Report: "La Prairie en Nouvelle-France, 1647-1760, Étude d'histoire sociale"

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/08/report-la-prairie-en-nouvelle-france.html

THE OLD CANOE — poem by George Marsh

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-old-canoe-poem-by-george-marsh.html

Laprairie voyageur canoes index Mar. 2020 — Feb. 2025

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/04/laprairie-voyageur-canoes-index-mar.html

PRELUDE

Presentation for the French-Canadian Heritage Society of California

October 27, 2019

“La Prairie Voyageurs and the Fur Trade”

Discovering my Voyageur Legacy

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/discovering-my-voyageur-legacy.html

Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 1 - INTRODUCTION

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-1.html

Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 2 - LA PRAIRIE DE LA MAGDELEINE

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-2-la.html

Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 3 - VOYAGEURS OR COUREURS DES BOIS

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-3-voyageurs.html

Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 4 - VOYAGEURS AND THEIR CANOES

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-4-voyageurs.html

Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 5 - LA PRAIRIE VOYAGEUR GRANDFATHERS

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-5-la.html

Presentation for the FCHSC - Part 6 - A FEW MORE INTERESTING VOYAGEUR RELATIVES

https://voyageur-legacy.blogspot.com/2019/10/presentation-for-fchsc-part-6-few-more.html

BOOK I

“Ripples from La Prairie Voyageur Canoes”

Introduction, Contents and Chapter One - La Prairie

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-introduction-contents-and.html

Chapter Two - Our Earliest Fur Trade Ancestors

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_3.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Barrette Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_33.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Bourassa Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_77.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Boyer Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_62.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Deneau Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_99.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Diel Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_71.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Dupuis Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_94.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Duquet Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_69.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Gagne Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_30.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Leber Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_41.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Lemieux Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_76.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Migner dit Lagacé Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-from-la-prairie-voyageur-canoes_63.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Perras Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-three-perras-family.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Pinsonneau Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-three-pinsonneau-family.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Poupart Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-three-poupart-family.html

Chapter Three - La Prairie's Vielle Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-three-vielle-family.html

Chapter Four, Voyageur Families of Trois-Rivières and Quebec

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-voyageur-families.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Amiot Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-amiot-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Beauchamp Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-beauchamp-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Cloutier Family & Jean Mignault dit Chatillon

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-cloutier-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Cusson Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-cusson-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Dardenne Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-dardenne-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Desroches Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-deroches-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Godefroy Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-godefroy-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Godet Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-godet-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Miville Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/miville-family-joseph-miville-1669-1736.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Moreau Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-moreau-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Nepveu Family & Denise Sevestre

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-nepveu-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Picard Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-picard-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Rivet Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-rivet-family.html

Chapter Four, Quebec's Sedilot Family

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-four-sedilot-family.html

Chapter Five, Miscellaneous Fur Trade Ancestors

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-five-miscellaneous-fur.html

Chapter Six - Ancestors in 1600s Fur Trade Timeline

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/chapter-six-ancestors-in-1600s-fur.html

Chapter Six - Ancestors 1700s Fur Trade Timeline

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/chapter-six-ancestors-1700s-fur-trade.html

Chapter Seven, French Canadian Heritage of Lucy Pinsonneau

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-chapter-seven-french-canadian.html

Appendix One - French Era Fur Trade Forts, Posts and Depots

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/appendix-one-french-era-fur-trade-forts.html

About the Author

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-about-author.html

Bibliography

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/bibliography-introduction-contents-and.html

Endnotes (for back cover)

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/03/ripples-endnotes.html

END OF BOOK I -- 240 printable pages

BOOK II

“Voyageur Grandfathers”

Index Voyageur Grandfathers — La Prairie, Trois-Rivières and Quebec

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/index-voyageur-grandfathers-la-prairie.html

Jean Cusson — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/jean-cusson-voyageur-grandfather.html

Antoine Jacques Boyer — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/antoine-jacques-boyer-voyageur.html

Charles Boyer — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/charles-boyer-voyageur-grandfather.html

François Bourassa — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/francois-bourassa-voyageur-grandfather.html

Pierre Barette dit Courville — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/pierre-barette-dit-courville-voyageur.html

Jacques Deneau dit Destaillis — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/jacques-deneau-dit-destaillis-voyageur.html

Francois Dupuis -- Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/francois-dupuis-voyageur-grandfather.html

Jean Baptiste Desroches — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/jean-baptiste-desroches-voyageur.html

Gabriel Lemieux — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/gabriel-lemieux-voyageur-grandfather.html

Pierre Poupart — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/pierre-poupart-voyageur-grandfather.html

Charles Diel dit Le Petit Breton — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/charles-diel-dit-le-petit-breton_6.html

Guillaume Barrette dit Courville -- Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/guillaume-barrette-dit-courville.html

Jacques Hugues Picard dit Lafortune — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/jacques-hugues-picard-dit-lafortune.html

Jean Baptiste Moreau — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/jean-baptiste-moreau-voyageur.html

Charles Diel, fils — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/charles-diel-fils-voyageur-grandfather.html

Etienne Duquet dit Desrochers — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/etienne-duquet-dit-desrochers-voyageur.html

Gabriel Lemieux — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/gabriel-lemieux-voyageur-grandfather_9.html

Francois Moise Dupuis — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/francois-moise-dupuis-voyageur.html

Joseph Poupart — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/joseph-poupart-voyageur-grandfather.html

Joseph Pinsonneau — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/joseph-pinsonneau-voyageur-grandfather.html

Jean-Baptiste Meunier dit Lagace (père) — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/jean-baptiste-meunier-dit-lagace-pere.html

Gabriel Pinsonneau — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/gabriel-pinsonneau-voyageur-grandfather.html

Jean-Baptiste Meunier Lagacé — Voyageur Grandfather

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/jean-baptiste-meunier-lagace-voyageur.html

BOOK III -- Voyageur Clothing, Accoutrements & Misc...

Creating the Perfect Voyageur Costume

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2019/05/creating-perfect-voyageur-costume.html

French Canadian Voyageurs — Red Sash

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/french-canadian-voyageurs-red-sash.html

Voyageurs Moccasins — Souliers De Boeuf

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/08/voyageurs-moccasins-souliers-de-boeuf.html

French Coureurs des Bois, Voyageurs and Tattooing

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/07/french-coureurs-des-bois-voyageurs-and.html

Tasse à canot de voyageurs - Voyageurs canoe cup

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/06/tasse-canot-de-voyageurs-voyageurs.html

Not All Tomahawks Were Created Equal

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/05/not-all-tomahawks-were-created-equal.html

Did French-Canadian Voyageurs Carry Firearms?

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/05/did-french-canadian-voyageurs-carry.html

Voyageurs, Coureurs des Bois and Their Knives

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/06/voyageurs-coureurs-des-bois-and-their.html

Miscellaneous ancestors, relatives and more anecdotes

New Found La Prairie Voyageur Ancestors (AFT March 11, 2017)

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/04/new-found-la-prairie-voyageur-ancestors.html

Homage To My LaPrairie Voyageur Ancestors (includes voygeur contracts)

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/05/homage-to-my-laprairie-voyageur.html

Still More La Prairie Voyageur Ancestors (AFT March 11, 2017)

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/05/still-more-la-prairie-voyageur.html

Narcisse Roy (1765-1814) Montreal Fur Trade Silversmith

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/06/narcisse-roy-1765-1814-montreal-fur.html

Eastern Woodlands Indian Mocotaugan or Crooked Knife

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/06/eastern-woodlands-indian-mocotaugan-or.html

A Canoe Load of French-Canadian Ancestors

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-canoe-load-of-french-canadian.html

Francois Bourassa's 1686, voyage to Hudson Bay for the Compagnie du Nord

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/06/francois-bourassas-1686-voyage-to.html

Philippe Foubert voyageur for the Compagnie des Habitants, 1649

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/07/philippe-foubert-voyageur-for-compagnie.html

More Fascinating Ancestors from the Fur Trade Era of New France

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/07/more-fascinating-ancestors-from-fur.html

Our La Prairie Voyageurs with Explorer Nicolas Perrot

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/07/our-la-prairie-voyageurs-with-explorer.html

Jean Baptiste Moreau and the Compagnie de la Colonie du Canada

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/07/jean-baptiste-moreau-and-compagnie-de.html

Paschal Pinsonneau - Fur-trader, and interpreter with the Kickapoo Indian Nation

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2017/12/paschal-pinsonneau-fur-trader-and.html

Pascal Pinsonneau, Canadian Convict Sent to Australia

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2018/01/pascal-pinsonneau-canadian-convict-sent.html

Hendrick Christiansen, Great-Grandfather of LaPrairie Voyageurs?

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/02/hendrick-christiansen-great-grandfather.html

Re-examining the History of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine.

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/03/re-examining-history-of-la-prairie-de.html

Jacques Deniau dit Destaillis accused of illegally selling brandy to savages

http://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2018/04/jacques-deniau-dit-destaillis-accused.html

Genealogy Roadtrip to Voyageurs National Park

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2018/08/genealogy-roadtrip-to-voyageurs.html

Genealogy Roadtrip to Voyageurs National Park - Part II

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2018/10/genealogy-roadtrip-to-voyageurs.html

Genealogy Roadtrip to Voyageurs National Park - Part III

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2018/10/genealogy-roadtrip-to-voyageurs_2.html

Genealogy Roadtrip to Voyageurs National Park - Part IV

http://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2018/10/genealogy-roadtrip-to-voyageurs_5.html

Timeline of my French-Canadian Great-Grandfathers in the Fur Trade

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2019/01/timeline-of-my-french-canadian-great.html?fbclid=IwAR2ZhFYiqdoJ2JbTZwQA2skC6fw5fngYEPR6IaOPAZ6qmLEJHC9CpKkR0iM

ARE WE RELATED TO RENÉ-ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE LA SALLE

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2019/02/are-we-related-to-rene-robert-cavelier.html?fbclid=IwAR0enIycvmJN45xGxFl2rr9iudV6P2yN4GKNax-K1hoivXmdqNe2GgeItaA

THE LEGAL COMPLAINT OF GABRIEL DE LA FOREST

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-legal-complaint-of-gabriel-de-la.html?fbclid=IwAR08VEA9yILkOvQOXovyOaZsruCOMvpADz_V8IToL0KmMlwGv_sPBvLv7uY

So you think you have a Voyageur in the family tree, eh?

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/02/so-you-think-you-have-voyageur-in.html

René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle Sells Property to Le Ber & Le Moyne Trading Post Partners

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/rene-robert-cavelier-de-la-salle-sells.html

Voyageurs and Their Canoes

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/03/voyageurs-and-their-canoes.html

SORTING OUT CHARLES BOYER — VOYAGEUR ANCESTOR

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/04/sorting-out-charles-boyer-voyageur.html

OUR EARLIEST LA PRAIRIE ANCESTORS — LIVED IN AN IROQUOIS LONGHOUSE

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/05/our-earliest-la-prairie-ancestors-lived.html

Timeline of my French-Canadian Great-Grandfathers in the Fur Trade

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2019/01/timeline-of-my-french-canadian-great.html

Confessions of an Obsessive Compulsive Genealogist

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/06/confessions-of-obsessive-compulsive.html

GENERAL BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT, A PAINTING BY EDWIN WILLARD DEMING

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/06/general-braddocks-defeat-painting-by.html

Fort Michilimackinac, 18th-century French fort and trading post at the Straits of Mackinac

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/06/fort-michilimackinac-18th-century.html

Uncle Jean Tavernier dit Laforest — Killed in the Battle of Long Sault

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/06/uncle-jean-tavernier-dit-laforest.html

King Charles II and the Hudson’s Bay Company

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2020/01/king-charles-ii-and-hudsons-bay-company.html

OUR WYNGAERT FAMILY OF DUTCH FUR TRADERS

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2020/01/our-wyngaert-family-of-dutch-fur-traders.html

Antoine Robidoux - Santa Fe based Mountain Man and Fur Trader

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2019/11/antoine-robidoux-santa-fe-based.html

Joseph Robidoux and our ever deepening web of fur traders

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2019/11/joseph-robidoux-and-our-ever-deepening.html

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE GENEALOGY AND JOSEPH PARSONS FUR TRADER

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2019/03/obsessive-compulsive-genealogy-and.html

AN INTERESTING NEW NETHERLAND LAND PURCHASE BY JAN FRANSSE VAN HOESEN (1608–1665) OUR 9TH GREAT-GRANDFATHER

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2019/03/an-interesting-new-netherland-land.html

Eyewitness to the Death of Crazy Horse — Charles Roubideaux

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/12/eyewitness-to-death-of-crazy-horse.html

For Mary, Many Days WHITE CLOUD — All Roads Lead Back to La Prairie

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/12/for-mary-many-days-white-cloud-all.html

André Robidou dit L’Espagnol — Voyageur from Spain

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2019/10/andre-robidou-dit-lespagnol-voyageur.html

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANCESTOR AND RELATIVE

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-difference-between-ancestor-and.html

UNDERSTANDING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FUR TRADE

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/04/understanding-family-relationships-in.html

My Pioneer Ancestors of Quebec — They Arrived Before 1637

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/03/my-pioneer-ancestors-of-quebec-they.html

UNDERSTANDING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FUR TRADE

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/04/understanding-family-relationships-in.html

Aunt Francoise Duquet married well, and her brothers benefited

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/06/aunt-francoise-duquet-married-well-and.html

Forerunners of the Coureur Des Bois — Indian Interpreters in New France and Beyond

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/06/forerunners-of-coureur-des-bois-indian.html

Robidoux Family - Beaver Pelts to Buffalo Robes and Beyond

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/07/robidoux-family-beaver-pelts-to-buffalo.html

My Newly Acquired Short Northwest Trade Gun (Canoe Gun)
https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/07/i-just-acquired-interesting-canoe-gun.html

2020 & 2021 POSTS...

ADVENTURERS IN THE NEW WORLD: THE SAGA OF THE COUREURS DES BOIS - REVIEW

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/08/adventurers-in-new-world-saga-of.html

Index of Fur Trade Related Tales from ‘A Drifting Cowboy Blog’

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/08/index-of-fur-trade-related-tales-from.html

Peter Pond, Connecticut Yankee, Nor”Wester Founder, and Cartographer

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/08/peter-pond-connecticut-yankee-norwester.html

Missouri means “canoe,” so named for the Indians who are called the “peoples of the canoes.”

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/09/missouri-means-canoe-so-named-for.html

Living with a 'Fur Trade' Collection -- my artistic and emotional connection 

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/10/living-with-fur-trade-collection-my.html

A Glimpse in Time - Fort Frontenac, 7 September 1677

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/10/aglimpse-in-time-fort-frontenac-7.html

Uncle Antoine voyageur for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/11/uncle-antoine-voyageur-for-rene-robert.html

The Lament of Jean Cadieux

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-lament-of-jean-cadieux.html

Holy Cow — Maybe Our Voyageur Ancestors Were Actually Vikings

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2021/03/holy-cow-maybe-our-voyageur-ancestors.html

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish fur trader and explorer, was my 7th cousin

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2021/03/sir-alexander-mackenzie-scottish-fur.html

AU REVOIR FOR NOW AND HAPPY PADDLING

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