by MelissaP | Jul 17, 2019 | La Compagnie Blog
Despite cooler than normal springtime weather, members of La Compagnie and Western Lakes Station gathered at the Snake River Fur Post for a joint work weekend, preparing both club and personal gear for another reenacting season. Because plans for both groups to get...
by MelissaP | Oct 20, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
The third weekend in September is the annual Fall Gathering at the North West Company Fur Post in Pine City, MN. We had excellent representation from La Compagnie. We had twelve tents set up by the Snake River, with over 20 members present, most staying at the camp...
by MelissaP | Jul 10, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
On June 18, seven members of La Compagnie packed up their kits and headed south to Faribault, MN for the community’s Heritage Day Festival in Central Park. By nine o’clock a simple, yet effective display was created! David and Jeff worked on getting a...
by MelissaP | Mar 19, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
Winter was giving way to spring as more than a dozen members of La Compagnie gathered in Minneapolis for a moccasin making workshop. Since many of our events take place in traditional Ojibwe country and some of our members wear this style for work, we opted to make...
by MelissaP | Jun 28, 2015 | La Compagnie Blog
Just as there are different kinds of re-enactors, there are different kinds of events to attend as re-enactors. For La Compagnie, many of our summer events fall into the category of community celebrations, heritage days or festivals with us and out “portable fur trade...
