NFB Collection
Age of the Beaver
195216 min 47 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Colin Low
Production: Tom Daly
Script: Roman Kroitor
This film provides a brief history of the fur trade in Canada, showing its effects on exploration and settlement. Engravings and paintings from the periods represented convey the romance, the adventures and the hardships of traders, Indigenous People and coureurs des bois. Animated maps indicate the old fur trade routes.
Availability
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Subject categories
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > ExplorationFur TradesImmigration and Settlement
- Fishing and Hunting Industries > Fur Industries and Trapping
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Fur Trades, Hunting and Trapping
- Animals > Hunting and Trapping
Credits
- director
- Colin Low
- producer
- Tom Daly
- photography
- Gordon Petty
- Lyle Enright
- editing
- Roman Kroitor
- commentary
- Roman Kroitor
- animation
- Sidney Goldsmith
- Robert Verrall
Awards
- Special Award - Category: Non-theatrical CategoryGenie Awards