Episode 38
26:02

Coureurs des bois - Going Deep In The Bush For Beaver

Published September 25, 2026

The late 17th century was a time of great transition in New France. The shift from the free-wheeling coureur de bois to the more recognizable voyageurs is part ...

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The late 17th century was a time of great transition in New France. The shift from the free-wheeling coureur de bois to the more recognizable voyageurs is part of this time of change.

Sources

The Canadian Frontier 1534-1760, Revised edition. by W.J. Eccles

Mockerman, Mitchell (2017) “Men of the Fur Trade, ca. 1620-1770s,” McNair Scholars Journal: Vol. 21: Iss. 1, Article 10

Saunders, Richard M. “The Emergence of the Coureur de Bois as a Social Type.” The Canadian Historical Association Annual Report 18, no. 1 (1939): 22–33.

Slater, Sandra. “Fur Traders, Voyageurs, and Coureurs des Bois: Economic Masculinities in French Canadian Fur Trade Society, 1635–1754.” Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture, no. 1 (2014): 92–108.

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Episode Info
Episode
38
Duration
26:02
Published
September 25, 2026