Mysteries of the Canadian Fur Trade: Episode 1 - La Salle, Alexander Henry (Elder), Robert Campbell

A video on some of the many strange tales to come out of the Canadian wilderness during the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries.

Featured fur traders:
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Alexander Henry the Elder
Robert Campbell

0:01:10 – Introduction
0:04:32 – La Salle
0:05:45 – Le Griffon
0:10:23 – Alexander Henry
0:13:53 – Skull Cave
0:15:26 – The Shaking Tent
0:20:03 – The Rattlesnake
0:22:38 – La Porte de l’Enfer
0:23:50 – The Carrying Place of the Lost Child
0:24:28 – The Island of Nanabozho
0:26:45 – The Wendigo
0:30:56 – Robert Campbell
0:32:54 – The Water Horse of Hudson Bay
0:33:52 – The Nahanni Indians
0:37:00 – The White Queen
0:45:34 – Dene Clairvoyance
0:50:12 – The Omen of the Magpie

Script, Music, Video, and Narration by Hammerson Peters
Cover and Thumbnail Art by August Swinson, Member of Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation in Ontario