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

It is mid-May in the year 1765 and the Voyageurs have arrived in their canot du nords – northern canoes – at La Baye. After a four-day journey leaving Fort Michilimackinac, they arrived with their goods to trade for furs and other items that the indigenous peoples had accumulated through the fall and winter months. Hear the stories of the Voyageur’s travels and witness firsthand a day in the life of these hardy men. Learn how the trading was conducted between the native tribes and the merchant posted at La Baye. Learn the history of the fur trade that was once under French control, then regulated by Great Britain after 1760.