voyageur
Noun
Meaning
A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.
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After New France was ceded to Great Britain's control, at one time there was an important distinction between French Métis born of francophone voyageur fathers, and the Anglo-Métis (known as "countryborn"') descended from English or Scottish fathers.
A more classy version, called "le petit déjeuner du voyageur" where delicatessens serve gizzard, bacon, salmon, omelet, or croque-monsieur, with or without soft-boiled egg and always with the traditional coffee/tea/chocolate along fruits or fruit juice.
Canada The Royal Canadian Air Force procured six CH-113 Labrador helicopters for the SAR role and the Canadian Army acquired 12 of the similar CH-113A Voyageur for the medium-lift transport role.
A blacksmith smokes a pipe like those of the fur trade era at Festival du Voyageur.
ISBN 0-07-549484-1 citation When the larger CH-147 Chinook was procured by the Canadian Forces in the mid-1970s, the Voyageur fleet was converted to Labrador specifications to undertake SAR missions.
Kiri Butter (left) and fellow interpreter Berit Allison prepare food 19th century-style during the 51st annual Festival du Voyageur, Saturday, February 15, 2020 in St. Boniface’s Whittier Park.