A Voyageur’s Sojourn at La Baye: A Fur Trade Encampment

This two-day event will portray the voyageurs returning to this remote region of the Pays d’en Haut, bringing in new supplies of trade goods to La Baye. It is the month of May, and the voyageurs have arrived in their canot du nords at the La Baye trading post. After completing a four-day voyage from the transshipment point at Fort Michilimackinac, they have arrived in their canoe brigades laden with trade goods from Montreal and bringing with them a new clerk. The new supply will be traded for the furs that the American Indians accumulated throughout their winter hunting camps. Hear the stories of the voyageurs travels and witness firsthand a day in the life of these intrepid and hardy men. Learn how the trading was conducted between the American Indians and the clerk posted at La Baye. Be immersed in the history of the fur trade that was under French control for 150 years and then regulated by the British after 1759.

General admission applies and may be purchased day-of.

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