The Voyageur Express
The North American Voyageur Council Podcast
We found 4 episodes of The Voyageur Express with the tag “voyageur”.
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Episode 5: The Voyageur Express Episode 5 Simon McGillivray’s 1815 Fort William Notebook
October 25th, 2024 | Season 1 | 46 mins 21 secs
anishinaabe, fort william, fort william historical park, fur trade, hudson's bay company, lake superior, north west company, red river colony, selkirk, tobacco, voyageur
This episode is a reading of Simon McGillivray's 1815 Notebook, published with a lovely introduction by Jean Morrison as "The North West Company In Rebellion"
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Episode 4: Popular Culture of the Fur Trade (Ossian Poems) Voyageur Express 4
July 3rd, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 5 mins
albany river, bagpips, fur trade, hbc, highlands of scotland, nwc, orkney islands, osnaburgh house, ossian, poetry, song, voyageur
This episode is a reading from Donald Macpherson's collection of poetry he attributed to Ossian.
You can read the original here:
Fingal an ancient Epic Poem in Six Books: Together with several other Poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal Translated from the Galic Language (you can read it here: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/o5164-w0010.shtml#imageVisit NAVC's Website
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Episode 2: Gabriel Franchère’s 1814 Journey from Astoria to Montreal
July 12th, 2023 | Season 1 | 1 hr 37 mins
astoria, canoe, fort william, fort william historical park, montreal, red river, selkirk, travel, voyageur, war of 1812
This episode’s reading comes from Gabrielle Franchere’s Journal which can be read here:
https://archive.org/details/franchresnarra00franrich/page/374/mode/2upBe Sure to Attend the Book Club Zoom Meeting on July 19, at 7:00 PM Central Time
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The Voyageur Express Episode 0: Introductions
October 20th, 2022 | 7 mins 57 secs
canada, canoe, fur trade, great lakes, history, paddle, voyageur
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