Wow! What a challenge! More so than any other Socio-Historical experiment I've seen (and I collect them and just love them so much!) :D I cannot imagine the determination of the participants, they are all incredibly strong! What a shame that they had such boat problems but excellent that some had the experience to fix it. I am very surprised that they didn't choose a women's name for the boat, I'm sure that sailors were very superstitious about that (and superstitious about sailing with women aboard). I am surprised that a women made the team and am interested to see how she gets on. Thank you so much for uploading these x
enjoyed this immensely. I live in Texas, not too far from the La Salle expedition site here in this state. I still vividly remember the moment when I was on vacation and sitting on my Parents’ porch in Costa Rica years ago, reading a book about the Voyageurs and the trans-Canada canoe trail. It suddenly dawned on me that pretty much everywhere exploration and settlement went on this continent, it was originally accessed by its rivers. Texas was heavily dependent on rivers for development, and after the realization that our history is so intricately tied to river travel, I began seeing and appreciating the geography of this continent in a new light. We’ve had some truly hardass explorers in this place. Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado come to mind, but none were tougher than the Canadian voyageurs who made it all the way down the Mississippi, and literally walked out of Texas to make it back to La Chine by Canoe.
The Canadian river is the border between Louisiana and Texas. Even more amazing were the fur company expidtions OVER the Rocky mountians, by CANOE! Yes, MacKenzie and Fraser both went over the Rockies and the Coast range, by canoe. They hauled them up and down the very fast mountian rivers by ropes, and poles. Very hard to belive but it's in all the history books. Glad you enjoyed it, even missing one episode.
How could the boatbuilder deliver a boat that leaked so badly? Did they not bother to test it first. This problem should have been addressed before they set out. The lack of toilet paper is authentic but I assume that on fur trading boats, there was always at least one experienced man aboard so they would have avoided the mistake at the end of this episode.
I remember watching this documentary when I was in grade 5! oh man, the nostalgia hits hard
Wow! What a challenge! More so than any other Socio-Historical experiment I've seen (and I collect them and just love them so much!) :D I cannot imagine the determination of the participants, they are all incredibly strong! What a shame that they had such boat problems but excellent that some had the experience to fix it. I am very surprised that they didn't choose a women's name for the boat, I'm sure that sailors were very superstitious about that (and superstitious about sailing with women aboard). I am surprised that a women made the team and am interested to see how she gets on. Thank you so much for uploading these x
enjoyed this immensely.
I live in Texas, not too far from the La Salle expedition site here in this state. I still vividly remember the moment when I was on vacation and sitting on my Parents’ porch in Costa Rica years ago, reading a book about the Voyageurs and the trans-Canada canoe trail. It suddenly dawned on me that pretty much everywhere exploration and settlement went on this continent, it was originally accessed by its rivers. Texas was heavily dependent on rivers for development, and after the realization that our history is so intricately tied to river travel, I began seeing and appreciating the geography of this continent in a new light. We’ve had some truly hardass explorers in this place. Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado come to mind, but none were tougher than the Canadian voyageurs who made it all the way down the Mississippi, and literally walked out of Texas to make it back to La Chine by Canoe.
The Canadian river is the border between Louisiana and Texas. Even more amazing were the fur company expidtions OVER the Rocky mountians, by CANOE! Yes, MacKenzie and Fraser both went over the Rockies and the Coast range, by canoe. They hauled them up and down the very fast mountian rivers by ropes, and poles. Very hard to belive but it's in all the history books.
Glad you enjoyed it, even missing one episode.
How could the boatbuilder deliver a boat that leaked so badly? Did they not bother to test it first. This problem should have been addressed before they set out. The lack of toilet paper is authentic but I assume that on fur trading boats, there was always at least one experienced man aboard so they would have avoided the mistake at the end of this episode.
Where the heck is episode four? Come on someone has it to post. Please?
Sorry, that episode is missing and just not available.
Watched it Down the rabbit hole. channel