Grace Lee Nute: 2 books
The Voyageur's Highway
Minnesota's Border Lake Land
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2009
The voyageur's highway was the route from Lake Superior along inland waterways to the Minnesota North Country. Countless people—explorers, fur traders, missionaries, map makers, lumberjacks, miners, naturalists—were drawn to the region's woods and lakeshores. Indians, French Canadians,Scandinavians,...
by Grace Lee Nute
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
The Voyageur is the authoritative account of a unique and colorful group of men whose exploits, songs, and customs comprise an enduring legacy. French Canadians who guided and paddled the canoes of explorers and fur traders, the voyageurs were experts at traversing the treacherous rapids and dangerous...