Coureur de bois, a woodcut by Arthur Heming (1870–1940)A coureur des bois in the painting La Vérendrye at the Lake of the Woods, circa 1900–1930
A coureur des bois (French:[kuʁœʁdebwɑ]; lit.'"runner of the woods"') or coureur de bois (French:[kuʁœʁdəbwɑ]; plural: coureurs de(s) bois) were independent entrepreneurial French Canadian traders who travelled in New France and the interior of North America, usually to trade with First Nations peoples by exchanging various European items for furs. Some learned the trades and practices of the indigenous peoples.
These expeditions were part of the beginning of the fur trade in the North American interior. Initially they traded for beaver coats and furs. However, as the market grew, coureurs de bois were trapping and trading prime beavers whose skins were to be felted in Europe.[1]
^Daschuk, James (2013). Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life. University of Regina Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-8897-7296-0.
A coureurdesbois (French: [kuʁœʁ de bwɑ]; lit. '"runner of the woods"') or coureur de bois (French: [kuʁœʁ də bwɑ]; plural: coureurs de(s) bois) were...
Hudson's Bay Company, ironically aided by French coureursdesbois, Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard des Groseilliers, frustrated with French license rules...
furs and trade goods. The coureurs de bois came before the voyageurs, and partially replaced them. For those coureursdesbois who continued, the term picked...
Jacques La Ramée (June 8, 1784 – 1821) was a French-Canadian and Métis coureurdesbois, frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, hunter, explorer, and mountain...
"Grizzly" Adams Overmountain Men James Ohio Pattie Scottish Indian trade Coureurdesbois Voyageurs Bandeirantes Promyshlenniki see a) Oregon boundary dispute—Britain...
(Nicollet), Sieur de Belleborne (c. 1598 – October 1642) was a French coureurdesbois noted for exploring Lake Michigan, Mackinac Island, Green Bay, and...
(12 February 1668 – 12 May 1745) was a French Canadian explorer and coureurdesbois. He is the first known European to visit the Boundary Waters region...
France, the Marquis de Denonville dispatched a scouting party of 28 coureurdesbois, under the command of Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut and Nicolas d'Ailleboust...
such as marriage à la façon du pays, a marriage between tradesmen (coureurdesbois) and Native women. This tradition was seen as a fundamental social...
French, spoken in Michigan by descendants of habitants, voyageurs and coureursdesbois in the Pays d'en Haut Métis French, spoken in North Dakota by Métis...
colonies in Canada, particularly for their role in assisting European coureurdesbois and voyageurs in the exploration of the continent during the North...
rituals in everyday life in New France and Acadia. The folklore of the coureurdesbois and voyageurs has been much studied, particularly the chansons (songs)...
broad categories of skier: CoureurdesBois (who start out before dawn to ski the entire distance; named after the coureurdesbois) and Tourer (who start...
Tadoussac. French explorers, like Samuel de Champlain, voyageurs, and Coureurdesbois, such as Étienne Brûlé, Radisson, La Salle, and Le Sueur, while seeking...
throughout their territory, trading for fur with aboriginal hunters. The coureurdesbois, who were freelance traders, explored much of the area themselves....
The Illinois Country (French: Pays des Illinois [pɛ.i dez‿i.ji.nwa]; lit. '"land of the Illinois (plural)"', i.e. the Illinois people) (Spanish: País...
Then Came Bronson. Robert Conrad also had worn one in his role of coureurdesbois in the epic TV series Centennial. Bruce Weitz's character Mick Belker...
British government to merge. After the French landed in Quebec in 1608, coureursdesbois spread out and built a fur trade empire in the St. Lawrence basin...
Governments of Canada, Manitoba, and Winnipeg; FrancoFonds; and Musicaction. Coureurdesbois "Official Voyageurs". Festival du Voyageur. August 29, 2016. Retrieved...
colonization of the region began in earnest during the late 17th century by coureursdesbois from what is now modern-day Canada. With French colonial expansion...
likely to have seen Mackinac Island is Jean Nicolet, a French-Canadian coureurdesbois, during his 1634 explorations. The Jesuit priest Claude Dablon founded...
Point du Sable supported his family as a frontier trader (voyageur or coureurdesbois) and settler during a period of great upheaval for the former southern...
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