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The Voyageurs
196419 min 57 secFilm: Documentary
Production: Bernard DevlinNicholas Balla
A film about the men who drove big freighter canoes into the wilderness in the days when the fur trade was Canada's biggest business. The film recreates scenes of the early nineteenth century on the 5 000 km river trade route to the Athabasca. With songs by a male chorus, this film presents a tuneful view of history.
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Subject categories
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > ExplorationFur TradesImmigration and SettlementWestern Canada
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Fur Trades, Hunting and Trapping
- History > Early Canadian Exploration (1600s-1800s)Early Colonization/Settlement
Credits
- producer
- Bernard Devlin
- photography
- Bernard Gosselin
- Bill Mason
- music
- Robert Fleming
- singer
- Alan Mills
- sound effects
- Donald Wellington
- sound recording
- Ron Alexander
- executive producer
- Nicholas Balla