The Voyageurs

Directed by Bernard Gosselin · 1964

A recreation of the early 19th-century voyageurs who paddled huge freighter canoes into the wilderness when the fur trade drove Canada's economy.

A vivid NFB time capsule of canoe brigades, carried by rousing male choral song.

This short film tells the tale of the men who drove big freighter canoes into the wilderness in the days when the fur trade was Canada's biggest business. The film recreates scenes of the early 19th century with a soundt

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