NFB Collection
Fur Country
194221 min 31 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Eduard Buckman
Production: James Beveridge
The historic post of Moose Factory on James Bay is still a centre of Canada's fur trade. The camera follows Cree trapper George McLoed as he goes out from the post to visit his trap lines. Bivouacing in the open, in bitter cold, he traps mink and beaver, skillfully skinning the animals and drying the rich pelts. Back at the post, he sells his furs to the Hudson's Bay trader.
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Subject categories
- Fishing and Hunting Industries > First NationsFur Industries and Trapping
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Fur Trades, Hunting and TrappingQuébec and Ontario
Credits
- director
- Eduard Buckman
- producer
- James Beveridge
- camera
- Douglas Sinclair