Part of the Voyageur Route

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• Part of the Voyageur Route
• www.goldencanada.co.

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www.paddling.net
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www.oregon.com
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Voyageur National Park, Minnesota

• More than 218 thousand acres
• www.nationalparklover.com

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www.jkc.com
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This hotel is in Francewww.frenchentree.com
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Voyageurs National Parkwww.static.howstuffworks.
com
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www.lib.utexas.edu
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Voyageurs National Park

• www.pictopia.com

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Actual cap worn by the Voyageurs was knit by
local ladies www.yesteryer.net
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Voyageur canoe repair

• watershed.allegheny.edu

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A Voyageur Festival

• www.manitobaliberals.com

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www.odawa.org
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www.odawa.org
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Trading Postwww.civilization.ca
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• Trading Post
• The value of furs was established on the basis of
  the prices paid by the trading companies. In
  1665, the pelts were traded between coureurs des
  bois and Natives based on the following schedule
• 1 white Normandy blanket 6 beavers
• 1 gun 6 beavers
• 1 barrel of corn 6 beavers
• 1 ratine blanket 4 beavers
• 1 Iroquois-style blanket 3 beavers
• 1 big capot (twilled coat) 3 beavers
• 1 medium capot (twilled coat) 2 beavers
• 1 small capot (twilled coat) 1 beavers
• source National Archives of Canada.

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Women during fur trade times often married out of
their Native culture

• www.womenofthefurtrade.com

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Fur trade - dresseswww.womenofthefurtrade.com
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What do we think about that now?
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www.arcadyholistic.ca
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Calgary Stampedewww.offbeattravel.com
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Wheres the stampede?

• www.lenrooney.com

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Calgary 1885 (122 years ago)

• content.answers.com

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• Lots of materials emerge from the ideals
• www.sprucecapitalfeeds.com

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www.amsa.com
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cs.calgarystampede.com/deals/tough.html
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Calgary Stampede Queen and Princesses

• www.lornathomasproductions.com

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Cow Women?

• www.canadiancowboy.ca

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www.jamesmoore.org/stampede11.jpg
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www.calgary-city-maps.com
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Yee Haw.

• http//media.canada.com/idl/cahr/20060706/88609-33
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1912 postage Stampede Post Office

• www.donslau.com/713stampede.jpg