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Voyageurs with Bishop Jehosaphat Mountain, about 1800

circa 1970

MOUNTAIN, JEHOSAPHAT, Church of England clergyman and author; b. 4 Dec. 1745 in Thwaite (Thwaite St Mary), England, son of Jacob Mountain and Ann Postle; m. 1769 Mary Lea . . .

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MOUNTAIN, JEHOSAPHAT, Church of England clergyman and author; b. 4 Dec. 1745 in Thwaite (Thwaite St Mary), England, son of Jacob Mountain and Ann Postle; m. 1769 Mary Leach, and they had six children; d. 10 April 1817 in Montreal, Lower Canada. Read more in Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

The voyageurs were the paddle power that allowed Canada to be explored and exploited for its furs, in the centuries before rail and even roads existed. A vast network of rivers and lakes across northern Canada led from Quebec all the way to the Rocky mountains. They were the main transportation system in the centuries of the fur trade.

Voyageurs were often mixed blood natives who spoke several indigenous languages as well as French and English. They sometimes carried the Catholic (French) and Protestant (English) missionaries who brought Christianity to the wilds of Canada.

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