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Record 1 2023-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heritage
  • National History
DEF

A French or Métis trapper of North America and especially of Canada.

OBS

wood-runner: name given by the English on Hudson Bay.

OBS

bush-loper: name given by the Anglo-Dutch of Albany (New York).

Key term(s)
  • wood runner
  • bush loper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patrimoine
  • Histoires nationales
DEF

Aventurier qui faisait le commerce des fourrures, d'abord clandestinement et par la suite de manière légale, en territoire autochtone.

Spanish

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