by JackiB | Apr 24, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
We have a lot of stuff! Besides three canoes and a cariole, La Compagnie has over five dozen furs, assorted camping gear, including tents, tarps and flys, and several bales, boxes and cassettes full of trade goods. In a way, we’re a portable museum of the fur...
by La Compagnie | Apr 10, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
Okay, you bought, borrowed or made enough clothes to get you to events. Nothing fine, nothing flashy, nothing unusual. You felt almost comfortable and learned to handle the inevitable question, “Why are you wearing those funny clothes?” ...
by La Compagnie | Oct 3, 2015 | La Compagnie Blog
On Saturday, July 25th, we had the pleasure of participating in the “Voyageur for a Day” special event at the Pierre Bottineau House, Elm Creek Park Reserve, Maple Grove, Minnesota. While waiting for visitors, the wonderful shade produced from the canoe...
by JackiB | Aug 24, 2015 | La Compagnie Blog
Just as very few eyewitness accounts of Grand Portage have survived, there are scarce records of what the partners of the North West Company actually ate at their rendezvous. A few brief reminiscences about the chief partners venturing forth in suitable style from...
by JackiB | Jul 24, 2015 | La Compagnie Blog
For more than 20 years, La Compagnie has cooked in the great kitchen at Grand Portage during the annual rendezvous and pow-wow days. For much of that time, members and friends prepared a grand meal for all participants . . . turkeys were roasted, great vats of pickles...
