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 JackiB | Sep 5, 2015 | La Compagnie Blog
The fur trade has developed more than its fair share of mythology, either from false accounts during the era or bad guesses by modern researchers. Unfortunately, many of these colorful myths are often repeated as fact. One such myth that I continue to hear is that the...
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...
