by JackiB | Dec 17, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
We’re hardy modern voyageurs. We know that keeping our hands warm and dry when working outside during winter is important, very important. But how best to protect those digits when you’re reenacting the “little ice age” winters of the late 18th and early 19th...
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 JackiB | Sep 10, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
As winter approaches, my list of fur trade related projects always grows: make new items of historic clothing. Repair and improve my camp gear. Try out new historic receipts. Research, research and more research. To me, research usually means reading. And...
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 La Compagnie | May 21, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
Like our collection of trade goods, our canoes are essential tools for us. Where else can people see historic watercraft like these on the water? How else can we show the world what a voyageur brigade looks like? What better way is there to demonstrate the lives and...
by La Compagnie | May 7, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
In late April, 1805, John Sayer ascended the St. Croix River from the mouth of the Snake River to the mouth of the boiling Kettle River, en route northward and away from his wintering post. On almost the same day, two hundred and eleven years later, a crew of intrepid...
