A coureur des bois (French: [kuʁœʁ de bwɑ]; lit. '"runner of the woods"') or coureur de bois (French: [kuʁœʁ də bwɑ]; plural: coureurs de(s) bois) were...

built forts and frequently negotiated with the Native Americans. The coureurs des bois (literally "runners of the woods") played an important part, though...

furs and trade goods. The coureurs de bois came before the voyageurs, and partially replaced them. For those coureurs des bois who continued, the term picked...

Hudson's Bay Company, ironically aided by French coureurs des bois, Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard des Groseilliers, frustrated with French license rules...

(Nicollet), Sieur de Belleborne (1598 – 29 October 1642) was a French coureur des bois noted for exploring Lake Michigan, Mackinac Island, Green Bay, and...

Jacques La Ramée (June 8, 1784 – 1821) was a French-Canadian and Métis coureur des bois, frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, hunter, explorer, and mountain...

"Grizzly" Adams Overmountain Men James Ohio Pattie Scottish Indian trade Coureur des bois Voyageurs Bandeirantes Promyshlenniki see a) Oregon boundary dispute—Britain...

(1636/1640–1710) was a French coureur des bois and explorer in New France. He is often linked to his brother-in-law Médard des Groseilliers. The decision...

February 1668 – 12 May 1745) was a French Canadian explorer, sergeant and coureur des bois. He is the first known European to visit the Boundary Waters region...

The first francophones to enter the region were French Canadian coureurs des bois employed in the North American fur trade during the 18th century....

present-day Simcoe County, Ontario. Here he learned the skills of a coureur des bois. In 1646, Groseilliers fought with the Huron against the Iroquois....

French, spoken in Michigan by descendants of habitants, voyageurs and coureurs des bois in the Pays d'en Haut Métis French, spoken in North Dakota by Métis...

broad categories of skier: Coureur des Bois (who start out before dawn to ski the entire distance; named after the coureur des bois) and Tourer (who start...

such as marriage à la façon du pays, a marriage between tradesmen (coureur des bois) and Native women. This tradition was seen as a fundamental social...

France, the Marquis de Denonville dispatched a scouting party of 28 coureur des bois, under the command of Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut and Nicolas d'Ailleboust...

Tadoussac. French explorers, like Samuel de Champlain, voyageurs, and Coureur des bois, such as Étienne Brûlé, Radisson, La Salle, and Le Sueur, while seeking...

M-82 Newaygo's recorded history goes back to the 1600s and the French coureur des bois (independent trappers) and, later, fur company voyageurs that travelled...

colonies in Canada, particularly for their role in assisting European coureur des bois and voyageurs in the exploration of the continent during the North...

rituals in everyday life in New France and Acadia. The folklore of the coureur des bois and voyageurs has been much studied, particularly the chansons (songs)...

Sainte Marie, but very soon he turned himself to fur trade and became a coureur des bois. He was fluent in several Native languages, which was crucial to his...

Quebec in 1608, independent French-Canadian traders commonly known as coureurs des bois spread out and built a fur trade empire in the St. Lawrence basin...

Rubaboo is a common stew or porridge consumed by coureurs des bois and voyageurs (French fur traders) and Métis people of North America. This dish is...

after Cadillac's return. For the next several years, he lived as a coureur des bois before undertaking an exploration of the Missouri River in 1714. The...

Then Came Bronson. Robert Conrad also had worn one in his role of coureur des bois in the epic TV series Centennial. Bruce Weitz's character Mick Belker...

likely to have seen Mackinac Island is Jean Nicolet, a French-Canadian coureur des bois, during his 1634 explorations. The Jesuit priest Claude Dablon founded...

help the French adapt to life in North America. These men, known as coureurs des bois (runners of the woods), were the first European mushers in North America...

colonies in Canada, particularly for their role in assisting European coureur des bois and voyageurs in their explorations of the continent during the North...

The Illinois Country (French: Pays des Illinois [pɛ.i dez‿i.ji.nwa]; lit. 'land of the Illinois people'; Spanish: País de los ilinueses), also referred...

Point du Sable supported his family as a frontier trader (voyageur or coureur des bois) and settler during a period of great upheaval for the former southern...

throughout their territory, trading for fur with aboriginal hunters. The coureur des bois, who were freelance traders, explored much of the area themselves....