NWC Trader or Voyageur
NWC Trader or Voyageur
From the HBC employees, you learn that there is another company taking business from the Hudson's Bay Company. You want to see this company in action so you duck into a quiet corner of the post to step into the teleportation device to go to Montreal. In Montreal, a crew of voyageurs is ready to go. According to one crusty looking voyageur, the crew is getting ready going to go down the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes, and into the NorthWest. One of the gentlemen on board shouts out that they want the foreign looking person to go on the voyage with them. Climbing in the boat, everybody starts paddling out of the harbour into the St. Lawrence. People on the boat tell you the voyage is going to take months and by the end, everybody will be sick of each other having the pleasure of knowing everyone's life story.
With the links below, are primary sources dedicated to NorthWest Company and its people. Some of the links provided are biographies. Once you have exhausted all the provided links, you are welcome to turn to the Internet to find sources of your own.
The Northwest Journal -This site is a general overview of the workings of the NorthWest Company. Use this as a starting point.
Fur Trade Stories - The Land: The People and Places
Fur Trade Stories - Historical Connections
Black Voyageurs in the Fur Trade
Life of a Voyageur
What is a Fur Trader?
The Environment and the Fur Trade Experience - Look at Chapter 3 which looks at the everyday life.