tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post8411051622883485334..comments2024-02-28T04:16:37.844-05:00Comments on History Undressed: Guest Blogger Marie-Claude Bourque on VoyagersEliza Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-43608372632530419312009-04-26T14:34:00.000-04:002009-04-26T14:34:00.000-04:00Thanks for the lesson, Marie-Claude,
I am fascina...Thanks for the lesson, Marie-Claude,<br /><br />I am fascinated by your sentimental words. History is most beautiful when is made connections to us this way.<br /><br />A part that puzzled me, though, when mentioned the "illegal nature" of the coureur des bois, did you mean the "unlicensed fur trading" the conduct? If the government hadn't regulated/licensed this activity until 1681, it wasn't something illegal, was it? Or did you mean some other behaviors or characteristics? <br /> <br />Pardon my ignorance if my questions does not make sense.Life of Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017944170458512945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-50674070294867371162009-02-25T20:00:00.000-05:002009-02-25T20:00:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for visiting History Undressed M...Thank you so much for visiting History Undressed Marie-Claude! What a fascinating post!Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-56712639756256348212009-02-25T10:51:00.000-05:002009-02-25T10:51:00.000-05:00At the hunter's moon every year, voyagers canoe do...At the hunter's moon every year, voyagers canoe down the Wabash River in Lafayette, Indiana to land at Fort Quiatenon, established in 1717 to protect the French fur trade. Feast of the Hunter's Moon is a two day reenactment festival that includes the voyagers, British soldiers and Native Americans. In addition, the area in which I live in NW Indiana was settled by another French-Canadian fur trader named Joseph Bailly. His original log cabin and home now sit within the boundaries of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.Joanna Waughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053211782268427159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-39300931500639465082009-02-23T23:50:00.000-05:002009-02-23T23:50:00.000-05:00Jennifer, You are right. They must have been very ...Jennifer, <BR/>You are right. They must have been very strong and a little crazy. Every winter in Quebec, there is a crossing of the St-Lawrence river competition. Portaging the canoes over ice!<BR/>The people doing it are real athletes! Very impressive, it's a huge river!Marie-Claude Bourquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949691504403910151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-1360030001965635422009-02-23T23:49:00.000-05:002009-02-23T23:49:00.000-05:00Thanks Ms Lucy.Yes, they are not well known outsid...Thanks Ms Lucy.<BR/>Yes, they are not well known outside Quebec, but are such heroes for us.Marie-Claude Bourquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949691504403910151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-29162405258693777032009-02-23T23:47:00.000-05:002009-02-23T23:47:00.000-05:00That's funny Jessa.I don't know what it is about t...That's funny Jessa.<BR/>I don't know what it is about the "unavailable" hero. Why do we always want the one who wants to get away!Marie-Claude Bourquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949691504403910151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-68652903172230062962009-02-23T22:00:00.000-05:002009-02-23T22:00:00.000-05:00We say 'they lived a hard life,' but that SO doesn...We say 'they lived a hard life,' but that SO doesn't cover it! Have you ever seen one of the canoes they used? Those things are frickin HEAVY! And they travelled alone a lot of the time, including the portages. And these weren't, for the most part, large men!<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I'd say they make good hero material.Jennifer Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16529992075374727048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-49330691550950288822009-02-23T20:00:00.000-05:002009-02-23T20:00:00.000-05:00Being born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, I heard...Being born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, I heard so many stories about les coureurs des bois...and no matter how many stories you hear, there will always be this desire to hear more. Always fascinating. thanks for this post:)Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-25659817002658202662009-02-23T14:02:00.000-05:002009-02-23T14:02:00.000-05:00For some reason, your 'unavailble hero' made me th...For some reason, your 'unavailble hero' made me think of the song Brandy. "But my life, my love and my lady is the seeeeaaaaa..." I'm a terrible -- but enthusiastic -- singer.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the history lesson.Jessa Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569827979530923930noreply@blogger.com