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Voyageurs

1978 1 min
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This very short animation from the Canada Vignettes series illustrates the hardships of voyageurs' lives in the early Canadian fur trade.

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  • Canada Vignettes
    Canada Vignettes
    1978 43 films
    Discover this series of classic shorts exploring every facet of Canadian culture and history.

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This very short animation from the Canada Vignettes series illustrates the hardships of voyageurs' lives in the early Canadian fur trade.

History - Canada History - Canada - Pre-1867 Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Canada - Images of a Country All subjects
  • producer
    Wolf Koenig
  • executive producer
    David Verrall
  • narrator
    Michael Kane

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Ages 13 to 17
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History - Early Colonization/Settlement History and Citizenship Education - Society in New France (1608-1760)
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