Canoes were one of the main vessels built in Racine’s shipyard. By the 1880s, Racine’s harbor was the fifth largest in the Great Lakes and a main trade stop between Milwaukee and Chicago.

New York—as a vital thoroughfare for trade and travel. For those journeying on the modern Northern Forest Canoe Trail, crossing the lake is an early test on the 740-mile route. The rain came ...

I am talking of course about the global fur trade. As we mark World Health Day (April 7), and reflect on the devastating impact of the pandemic, it is beholden on us all to do everything we can to ...

In just a little over two weeks, Chadron will again be home to some history and fun during the 2024 Fur Trade Days. Kicking off the celebration, as always, is the Bordeaux Creek Fur Trade and ...

Members of the MNO Canoe Expedition in training near Fort William Historical ... a role it continues to play today. Though the fur trade era has long passed, the Fort William Historical Park preserves ...

Or when the fur trade declined. Each time ... they departed from the fledging settlements of New France on an epic multiyear canoe expedition far to the West beyond the Great Lakes to the Mandan ...

End the fur trade now in order to prevent future pandemics, some of the world's leading health experts will warn today - speaking out on what they called a ticking time bomb. Filthy fur farms ...

As the fur trade heated up, demand grew, creating a cottage industry for area Chippewa. “There’s nothing primitive about these canoes,” Ron says. “People back then weren’t stupid.