Saturday, August 29, 2026

La Prairie Voyageurs Index — PART I — Jan-Jun 2026

 


La Prairie Voyageur Canoes Index — May 2026

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/la-prairie-voyageur-canoes-index-may.html

• May 31


The Vanguard of the Wilderness: The Epic Legacy of the Robidoux Dynasty

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-vanguard-of-wilderness-epic-legacy.html

May 29


The Salt and the Soil: The Odyssey of Pierre Caouette

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-salt-and-soil-odyssey-of-pierre.html

May 25


The Amiot and Duquet Families: Inventors of the Fur Trade?

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-amiot-and-duquet-families-inventors.html

May 18


Jérémie Duquet: La Prairie Voyageur and Canoe Builder

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/jeremie-duquet-la-prairie-voyageur-and.html

May 11


Building Birchbark Canoes an essay from Grok xAI

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/building-birchbark-canoes-essay-from.html

May 10


From Cognac to Michilimackinac: The Moreau Family’s Legacy in the Canadian Fur Trade

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/from-cognac-to-michilimackinac-moreau.html

May 8


Pierre Poupart (c. 1650/1653–1699) and his Voyageur Descendants

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/pierre-poupart-c-165016531699-and-his.html

May 7


Jean-Baptiste Marier Hudson’s Bay Company Clerk at Sault Ste. Marie

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/jean-baptiste-marier-hudsons-bay.html

May 6


Louis Marier Jr. Freighter across the Western Prairies and on the Saskatchewan River

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/louis-marier-jr-freighter-across.html

May 5


The First American Fur Traders in Montana, 1807–1810: McClellan, Lisa, and the Remarkable Survival of François Rivet

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-first-american-fur-traders-in.html

Apr 30


François Rivet: from the old French voyageur world to the modern American frontier

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/04/francois-rivet-from-old-french-voyageur.html

Apr 30


Charlie Russell: My Hero and his Paintings of the Fur Trade

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/04/charlie-russell-my-hero-and-his.html

• Apr 27


La Prairie Voyageur Canoes Index — April 2026

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/04/la-prairie-voyageur-canoes-index-april.html

• Apr 13


Five Fur Traders. Five centuries of rivers. One family tree.

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/04/five-fur-traders-five-centuries-of.html

• Apr 12


What if Huginn and Muninn--Odin's Ravens--are real, and are part of our DNA?

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/04/what-if-huginn-and-muninn-odins-ravens.html

• Apr 1


Holy Smoke! Maybe Our Voyageur Ancestors Were Actually Vikings -- 2026 Update

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/holy-smoke-maybe-our-voyageur-ancestors.html

• Mar 31


La Prairie Voyageur Canoes Index — Oct 2025 to Mar 2026

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/la-prairie-voyageur-canoes-index-oct.html

• Mar 29


Our Ancestors and their Connection with Fur Trader LeBlanc

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/our-ancestors-and-their-connection-with.html

• Mar 28


Toussaint Charbonneau: Fur Trader, Interpreter, and Guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/toussaint-charbonneau-fur-trader.html

• Mar 21


Louis “Louison” Pinsonneau: Illinois River Trader for the AFC

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/louis-louison-pinsonneau-illinois-river.html

• Mar 20


“A Child of Two Worlds – The 1704 Journey That Linked Our Ancestors”

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-child-of-two-worlds-1704-journey-that.html

• Mar 15


COMING TO AMERICA PARTS I - III

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/coming-to-america-parts-i-iii.html

• Mar 7


PART II — Comparing Alexander Mackenzie's 1793 Expedition to the Lewis and Clark Expedition

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/part-ii-comparing-alexander-mackenzies.html

• Mar 6


PART I — Sir Alexander Mackenzie: Overview and Expeditions

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/part-i-sir-alexander-mackenzie-overview.html

• Mar 6


Trader Forrest Oakes and cousins: Ignace Pinsonneau, dit Lafleur, Charles Boyer, and Peter Pond

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/trader-forrest-oakes-and-cousins-ignace.html

• Mar 5


Ancestral synchronicity…

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/ancestral-synchronicity.html

• Mar 4


PART II: A Fur Trade Dynasty: From a Carignan Sallieres Soldier to the Wife of a Hudson’s Bay Company Chief Factor

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/part-ii-fur-trade-dynasty-from-carignan.html

• Mar 3


PART I: A Fur Trade Dynasty: From a Carignan Sallieres Soldier to the Wife of a Hudson’s Bay Company Chief Factor

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/six-generation-fur-trade-dynasty-from.html

• Mar 2


Haunting, Thrilling, and Fondest Canoeing Memories

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/03/haunting-thrilling-and-fondest-canoeing.html

• Mar 1


François Pinsonneau (4th great-granduncle) Voyageur for Alexander McKenzie

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/francois-pinsonneau-4th-great.html

• Feb 28


Canot du Maître to Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, 1797

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/canot-du-maitre-to-fort-pontchartrain.html

• Feb 26


Nor’ Westers Trip from Michilimackinac to Fort William

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/nor-westers-trip-from-michilimackinac.html

• Feb 26


North West Company 1803: From Fort William to Lac la Pluie

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/north-west-company-1803-from-fort.html

• Feb 25


Voyageurs Highway 1750: From Lachine to Michilimackinac

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/voyageurs-highway-1750-from-lachine-to.html

• Feb 25


Bourassa, Deniau & Le Ber: Illicit Trade in Early 18th-Century New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/bourassa-deniau-le-ber-illicit-trade-in.html

• Feb 23


Genealogy Act of Kindness: Enjoy my Free Book about La Prairie's Fur Trade

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/genealogy-act-of-kindness-enjoy-my-free.html

• Feb 23


Ste. Anne: Divine Protection for a Perilous Journey into the Pays d'en Haut

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/ste-anne-divine-protection-for-perilous.html

• Feb 22


1797 voyageur contract for Charles Boyer, Analysed by Grok xAI

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/grok-xais-analysis-of-1797-voyageur.html

• Feb 17


Review of Nicolas Perrot’s 1688 Voyageur Contract

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/review-of-nicolas-perrots-1688-voyageur.html

• Feb 16


The Bourassa Legacy: Pioneers of the Fur Trade in New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-bourassa-legacy-pioneers-of-fur.html

• Feb 14


The Great Peace of Montreal: A Landmark Treaty Ending the Beaver Wars

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-great-peace-of-montreal-landmark.html

• Feb 14


The Seven Years' War: A Turning Point for New France and the Le Moyne Legacy

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-seven-years-war-turning-point-for.html

• Feb 14


The Le Moyne Family's Campaigns Against the Iroquois: A Saga of Frontier Warfare in New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-le-moyne-familys-campaigns-against.html

• Feb 13


A Tapestry of Fur, Faith, and Frontier: The Le Moyne Legacy Woven into Our La Prairie Lineage

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-tapestry-of-fur-faith-and-frontier-le.html

• Feb 13


La Prairie Voyageur Canoes Index — Oct 2025 to Feb 2026

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/02/la-prairie-voyageur-canoes-index-oct.html

• Feb 12


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

• Feb 10


La Prairie Fur Traders: 17th Century Glass Trade Beads

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

• Feb 9


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

• Feb 7


Denise Sevestre: Her Voyageur Sons and the Fur Trade

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

• Feb 2


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

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

• Jan 30


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

• Jan 25


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

• Jan 24


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

• Jan 23


Jacques Hugues Picard, known as Lafortune: Voyageur Grandfather

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

• Jan 21


Voyageurs Moccasins or Souliers De Boeuf

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

• Jan 21


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

• Jan 20


Voyageurs, Coureurs des Bois, and the Indispensable Knife

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

• Jan 19


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

• Jan 19


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

• Jan 19


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

• Jan 19


Moïse Dupuis: Border Crosser of the Colonial Frontier

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

• Jan 19


Joseph Poupart: Ephemeral Voyager of the Frontier Waters

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

• Jan 19


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

• Jan 19


Jacques Pinsonneau dit Lafleur: Shadowed Paths of the Frontier Patriarch

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

• Jan 18


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

• Jan 18


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

• Jan 17


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

• Jan 17


François Bourassa: Conqueror of the Northern Waters

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

• Jan 17


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

• Jan 17


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

• Jan 16


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

• Jan 16


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

• Jan 16


Étienne Duquet dit Desrochers: Steersman of the Twilight Voyages

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

• Jan 15


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

• Jan 15


Antoine Jacques Boyer, La Prairie Voyageur, 2026

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

• Jan 15


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

• Jan 14


Pascal Pinsonneault, Canadian Convict Sent to Australia

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

• Jan 14


"Ripples from the Rivet Family Voyageurs"

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

• Jan 14


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

• Jan 13


Laurent Barette: Voyageur to the Louisiana Country

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

• Jan 12


Biography of Anne Convent (c. 1601–1675)

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

• Jan 8


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

• Jan 8


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

• Jan 8


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

• Jan 6



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