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The Voyageur is an authoritative account of a unique and colorful group of men whose endeavors, songs and customs comprise an enduring legacy. French Canadians who guided and paddled the canoes of explorers and fur traders, the voyageurs were experts at traversing the treacherous rapids and dangerous open waters of the canoe routes from Quebec and Montreal to the regions bordering the Great Lakes and on to the Mackenzie and Columbia Rivers. Their bold and fun loving spirits led them to be some of the first explorers through the Northern U.S. and establish a bartering system with Native Americans. 264 pgs
by Grace Lee Nute
