French-Canadian voyageurs

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canoeist fur trade worker historical occupation

French-Canadian voyageurs were 18th- and 19th-century fur trade canoe workers and adventurers who transported goods and furs across vast North American waterways, playing a key role in the exploration and economic development of Canada and the upper Midwest.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Canadian voyageurs	1
Hudson’s Bay Company voyageurs	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canoeist ⓘ fur trade worker ⓘ historical occupation ⓘ
activeInCentury	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith	French colonial empire in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Métis people NERFINISHED ⓘ coureurs des bois ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Canadian folklore ⓘ festivals and historical reenactments in Canada ⓘ historical reenactments in the upper Midwest ⓘ
culturalPractice	use of paddling chants to keep rhythm ⓘ voyageur songs ⓘ
declineCause	decline of the fur trade ⓘ expansion of railways in Canada ⓘ
employer	Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED ⓘ North West Company NERFINISHED ⓘ independent fur traders ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	French Canadian NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	symbol of French-Canadian frontier culture ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
operatedInRegion	Canadian Prairies ⓘ Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ Mackenzie River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Territories of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River of the North NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Lawrence River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ upper Midwest of the United States ⓘ upper Mississippi River region ⓘ
physicalRequirement	ability to paddle for long hours ⓘ ability to portage heavy loads ⓘ
primaryActivity	transporting furs by canoe ⓘ transporting trade goods by canoe ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roleInEconomy	fur trade transportation workforce ⓘ
roleInHistory	economic development of Canada ⓘ economic development of the upper Midwest ⓘ exploration of interior North America ⓘ
typicalCargo	beaver pelts ⓘ trade goods for Indigenous peoples ⓘ
typicalRoute	Great Lakes to the Canadian Northwest ⓘ Montreal to the Great Lakes ⓘ
usedVehicle	birchbark canoe ⓘ canot du maître ⓘ canot du nord ⓘ
workPattern	brigade travel in groups of canoes ⓘ seasonal long-distance expeditions ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ceinture fléchée → associatedWithGroup → French-Canadian voyageurs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hudson’s Bay Company voyageurs

1792–1793 overland expedition to the Pacific Ocean → hasParticipant → French-Canadian voyageurs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian voyageurs

Voyageurs National Park → namedAfter → French-Canadian voyageurs ⓘ