Boundary Waters
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Set in Canada
Description:
Canada 1804, the wild frontier. Arthur journeys into the wild wilderness in a birchbark canoe, with a ‘parcel of scoundrels’ led by the erratic drunkard McLeod. There is a treasure—a lost cache of valuable furs—its riches to be won.
The tale is told to Esther, a Saulteaux woman he meets along the journey.
Voyageurs were either ‘big wigs’, mostly Scotsmen, or ‘engagés’, mostly Frenchmen, then further divided according to skill and experience. Arthur being a novice, before his first experience of rapids, he undergoes a ‘baptism’ with water poured over his head, accompanied by dancing.
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Challenge:
Read Around North America Challenge
Country:
Canada
Canada
Language:
EN
Genre:
Historical fiction
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