Evening Kayak on Lake Superior , Canada
A calm night on the water.
Paddling close to shore …
On our way Pancake Bay,
Lake Superior Canada
Photography with iPhone 15
Voyageurs
Canoes in a Fog, Lake Superior (1869) by Frances Anne Hopkins
The voyageurs of Pancake Bay
Voyageurs were the sons of farmers from Quebec. These stout travelers braved the shores of Lake Superior on their journey west to trade for furs.
They travelled in brigades of 4 to 20 canot du maitre (or Montréal canoes). Each canoe measured 10 metres long, and was made from birchbark and cedar planks, tied together with spruce roots and patched with a mixture of spruce gum, ash and animal fat.
Each of these huge canoes was laden with three and a half tonnes of goods for trade with Indigenous trappers.
Voyageurs paddled and portaged their big canoes from Montréal to Fort William, the inland headquarters of the North West Company at the west end of Lake Superior.
Source: https://blog.ontarioparks.ca/how-pancake-bay-got-its-name/
Leave Evening Kayak on Lake Superior , Canada to:
Best Posts From offgridlife
We have not curated any of offgridlife's posts yet. But you can encourage our curation team to review posts by visiting them regularly and by referring other readers. Because we give priority to frequently read content.
More Posts From offgridlife
- Etienne crosses the Ice from LaCloche to Strawberry Island
- The Haunted Tour at Penetanguishene
- Hunting Cabin on 13 acres …. $ 119,900
- Log cabin for $65,900
- Shebahonaning 1820 / Killarney Ontario
- Power is out after the big Storm on Canoe Lake
- Slow drive through the Forests of the Huron Wendat
- Stopping by the French River Trading Post, Ontario Canada
- Checking out the Shipwrecks at Tobermory, Georgian Bay Canada
- What’s happening with Hive price ?