For reenactors and historians interested in the fur trade of the voyageur era (c. 1770-1830), and focusing on the North West Company (NWC) and Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). This group is also the readers' forum for Northwest Journal (www.northwestjournal.ca).

Suitable topics for this forum include period skills (e.g. tinsmithing, blacksmithing, woodworking, coopering, navigation), clothing, history, fur trade explorers (eg. David Thompson, Alexander Mackenzie &c.), interpretation, historic sites and events, historic food & recipes, women in the fur trade, Natives in the fur trade, and much more.

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Northwest Journal is in no way responsible for the contents of list members' postings.