What Was Life Like For A 19th-Century Fur Trader?

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@Prairietrucker
@Prairietrucker Ай бұрын
I remember watching this series on tv in Canada in the early 2000's. Quest for the Bay. There where other series too, Prairie quest, Quest for the sea and Klondike - quest for gold.
@nikiacord2219
@nikiacord2219 11 күн бұрын
Can you recommend any other series that are similar like the others you have suggested please? I have definitely going to watch the ones you said lol
@yuliyasood2100
@yuliyasood2100 Ай бұрын
I always believed in resolve, friendship, and all the other great human qualities, which you all possess and displayed. Thanks for this masterpiece.
@gladtech4740
@gladtech4740 Ай бұрын
If they ever recreate this "test" journey I am trying out immediately. Looks like so much fun and you don't even have to pay me.
@cmaden78
@cmaden78 Ай бұрын
Don't ever say that dude😂 It's ok to do things for experience, but I wish someone had told me this when I was younger
@normpaddle
@normpaddle Ай бұрын
It's been done. It's from an old series. Just get a canoe and go, plenty paddling across Canada every summer. Just go!
@megacatsupreme466
@megacatsupreme466 Ай бұрын
Yeah hoe 💪🏽
@gabriellarowden9442
@gabriellarowden9442 8 күн бұрын
Agreed ! I’ve already done some of the routes and loved it !
@markdecorte2638
@markdecorte2638 7 күн бұрын
Try the gold rush trail through bc up to Alaska. What a trip!
@craigoldsen1667
@craigoldsen1667 Ай бұрын
Lewis & Clark’s portage around the Great Falls of the Missouri was 18 miles and took around a month to complete.😱
@nmelkhunter1
@nmelkhunter1 25 күн бұрын
If you haven’t already read Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose I highly recommend it. It is an incredible read.
@yuliyasood2100
@yuliyasood2100 Ай бұрын
OMG you made it, amazing hard work, thank you for making it! You lift my spirit high. I always believed in resolve, friendship, and all the other great human qualities, which you all possess and displayed. Thanks for this masterpiece.
@pmenchions
@pmenchions 20 күн бұрын
A burning question since I started watching. How on earth did these boats make it upriver? Given the difficulty of going down river it would appear to be a gargantuan task to take these heavy boats upstream.
@johnmcgregor3671
@johnmcgregor3671 Ай бұрын
I remember watching this more than 20 years ago when it was on tv
@Mojo-IRE
@Mojo-IRE Ай бұрын
I've seen this series before. It's great. Proper hard work.
@robertholmes1366
@robertholmes1366 Ай бұрын
David goggins needs in on this
@williamfunes2740
@williamfunes2740 Ай бұрын
😂
@joshuaholmes5096
@joshuaholmes5096 29 күн бұрын
Yeah, but the contract says you agree to live "period appropriate." I'm not sure how that would work for him lol
@lamontnelson1828
@lamontnelson1828 28 күн бұрын
@@joshuaholmes5096probably a hard pass
@nancyhammons3594
@nancyhammons3594 Ай бұрын
I read a book titled The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic by Edward Beauclerk Maurice. It was outstanding.
@swgard1
@swgard1 Ай бұрын
I’ve heard great things about that book but have yet to read it. That said, I don’t do much reading, but I should.
@nancyhammons3594
@nancyhammons3594 Ай бұрын
@@swgard1 You should try it, you might like it. He tells about how he was 17 when he went to The Hudson's Bay Company and was sent to upper parts of Canada. He tells about meeting Inuits and learning from them about trapping animals. I enjoyed it a lot. I have always loved reading, it takes me to places that I would never go when things in my life get crazy.
@IonIsFalling7217
@IonIsFalling7217 12 күн бұрын
"And Ken Albert Jr worries about everything." I feel seen.
@miggboyy
@miggboyy Ай бұрын
This is uploaded just as I'm reading 'The Company' by Stephen R Bown. Great read if you'd like to learn more about the expanse of the HBC and it's role in shaping modern North America
@donaldowens1027
@donaldowens1027 Ай бұрын
This documentary reminds me of the Voyageurs and Grand Portage in Minnesota, where the portage was eight miles long.
@lutomson3496
@lutomson3496 Ай бұрын
ive done the grand portage area trips hauling canoes for miles between rivers and lakes...
@voornaam3191
@voornaam3191 17 күн бұрын
There is also a movie about a discovery journey on the Amazon River, where a complete steam radar ship was hoisted up a hill and lowered on the other side of that hill. In the Amazon jungle. Lots of blood, sweat and fears. But it was based on a true explorer looking for some way to get across South America by ship.
@donaldowens1027
@donaldowens1027 17 күн бұрын
@voornaam3191 That sounds a lot like the movie Fitzcarraldo.
@gabriellarowden9442
@gabriellarowden9442 8 күн бұрын
I’ve done it too!
@lisasmith7854
@lisasmith7854 Ай бұрын
I so enjoy these recreations
@Chadswonderfulwalkingtours
@Chadswonderfulwalkingtours Ай бұрын
Listening from Mackinac Island Michigan
@truthseeker1105
@truthseeker1105 Ай бұрын
Ohhh how i love this accent!❤❤❤
@joshuadavies2541
@joshuadavies2541 Ай бұрын
I watched it all the way through in one sitting. Amazing journey
@todthomas7362
@todthomas7362 Ай бұрын
I really enjoyed watching this. Just amazing.
@femininityfaith7920
@femininityfaith7920 Ай бұрын
2 hours in exactly, the pine trees on there heads are great. I can't imagine the suffering from the bugs! 😅🌲 Man this group is tough!! So proud of them at 2:15 😊😊😊😊 As a Christian, the faith scenes are beautiful and touching, and very real and necessary at points 🙏
@cpt.oblivion
@cpt.oblivion Ай бұрын
This video is nothing like the title suggests. It's more like a reality show in a wooden boat.
@canoeman1961
@canoeman1961 Ай бұрын
No. A reality show is a prearranged outcome. Pawn Brokers stages all transactions before filming. Storage Wars prearranges inserting merchandise in lockers to keep the audience interested. All the other ones are scripted and rehearsed before shooting. This adventure could have ended at any time due to the extreme efforts required, and sure could have ended in disaster many times.
@susanandrews2294
@susanandrews2294 Ай бұрын
Yeah exactly I doubt if I can go through much more and it's only 4 min in
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin Ай бұрын
How did they poop??? I must know
@swgard1
@swgard1 Ай бұрын
Did you finish watching the entirety of the video? I do not believe you would reach this conclusion if you had.
@cpt.oblivion
@cpt.oblivion Ай бұрын
@@swgard1 admittedly I did not.
@User_yhvz
@User_yhvz Ай бұрын
A man in 1840 would not carry a pack like that. In somewhat rare occasions yes maybe. But for the most part each man packed what they could carry and what they needed. The heaviest packing would’ve been hauling the meat, but most trappers went after small game and used horses to travel. Some of his training ideas don’t make much sense to me but ok lmao People back then were more acclimated to that lifestyle. They weren’t stronger than us, hell most of them might’ve been a little weaker due to food sources. We like to give them credit for being unbelievably strong, but the reality is we just aren’t acclimated to hard work anymore.
@javiertarrios2565
@javiertarrios2565 Ай бұрын
I love y'all's videos there so good keep up the good work I love how you make history fun and engaging
@bradd188
@bradd188 Ай бұрын
Is it just me or is that pemican not dried out the way it supposed to be ?
@demonique7424
@demonique7424 Ай бұрын
This was an awesome series. I wish there was a follow up to see if these people stayed in touch.
@adamgladfelter8762
@adamgladfelter8762 Ай бұрын
awesome tag-a-long! thanks to everyone involved!
@douglaskampfer2028
@douglaskampfer2028 Ай бұрын
I am surprised that the TV company didn't try to get modern trappers to do the work, I would have been happy to work on the program, been carrying 100 pound packs for years.
@mattdobbs-dr2rt
@mattdobbs-dr2rt Ай бұрын
Incredible journey! Looks almost impossible to navigate through all the lakes and rivers. ❤
@Drakktnigh
@Drakktnigh Ай бұрын
This is going to be amazing
@voornaam3191
@voornaam3191 17 күн бұрын
There is even a University of York Boat Club. But they got no York Boats like that one in Canada.
@jinglebelle33
@jinglebelle33 Ай бұрын
Heading up the Haye...
@bunningssausage7803
@bunningssausage7803 Ай бұрын
It's a shame they could not complete the journey without cheating. It would have been good to see them do the whole trip just like old times.
@SuzanneTatham-so1jj
@SuzanneTatham-so1jj Ай бұрын
Hearty Canadians recreating history! Great show.
@juligrlee556
@juligrlee556 Ай бұрын
if you tie a rope a hundred feet ahead of the boat and tie the other end tightly to the boat. tugging on the rope midway you will move the boat a foot or two every time you retie the taut rope.
@519Majestic
@519Majestic 15 күн бұрын
3:14:39 The hull what?!
@adamlangdon2245
@adamlangdon2245 Ай бұрын
SUGAR !!! The bane of all existence!! 😥😂👏👏👏👏👏i couldn't do this without beer...😂 beer is just liquid sugar and (protein)(?).. and other fun things.. this was a fun video to watch, and for the people involved, I bet this was one and of the great stories or their lives.. what have you ever done worth making a video about..??..playing x box and going to school and work isn't a story.
@Bcarn1998
@Bcarn1998 Ай бұрын
Okay this but the Oregon trail
@jobis2414
@jobis2414 Ай бұрын
I’m only an hour in but trying to figure out why they aren’t using mud for the bugs and wondering why they aren’t hunting and gathering, fishing ?
@meroen_orlando3317
@meroen_orlando3317 Ай бұрын
I mean they have food so fishing wil take time that couldve been spend resting or rowing. And wel mud would make you colder and wet wich isnt exactly good. Saying this im far from an expert on the subject so take this whit a grain of salt.
@jbgibson2026
@jbgibson2026 15 күн бұрын
​@@meroen_orlando3317mud is the most effective thing to stop bug bites. Other than better clothes.
@ANXIETOR
@ANXIETOR Ай бұрын
Epic.
@kerrymarris4260
@kerrymarris4260 Ай бұрын
And I thought outward bound was difficult. I was only 17. A lot of firsts...
@NathanSingleton-n4v
@NathanSingleton-n4v Ай бұрын
Did they realize they can eat and survive off fish too, I’m sure they were able to fish all along the way back in the day.
@BuddyCouch-c6t
@BuddyCouch-c6t 14 күн бұрын
They used long poles and sometimes they had to pull from the bank Daniel Boone likened one captain as half horse and half alligator True story
@cieloycrisis4919
@cieloycrisis4919 Ай бұрын
What is the name of the song at the beginning of the video?
@Thelonelyscavenger
@Thelonelyscavenger Ай бұрын
Listen to the bay by Samuel sim
@norwolf4765
@norwolf4765 25 күн бұрын
The men of old were a much tougher breed .....period.
@Rob-ji7fx
@Rob-ji7fx Ай бұрын
I would LOVE to have been on a boat up the Missouri, trapping beaver, killing elk, Buffalo, deer and bear, eating all the steaks north America has to offer, tanning fur, sippin whiskey by the camp fire, the occasional brawl... the life of a man sure enough. I love taking wall tent up in the mountains in the fall to camp out to trap and hunt like the old timers until I run out of vacation time.
@juligrlee556
@juligrlee556 Ай бұрын
do you have the power of the winch? Can you use poles as pry bars. I moved some pretty heavy things with leverage bars.
@brocktonma.1816
@brocktonma.1816 12 күн бұрын
That flutes not annoying at all.
@benrobertson7855
@benrobertson7855 Ай бұрын
First words “ port throtle “ ??? Out from nz.
@whyisthomyorke
@whyisthomyorke Ай бұрын
I’m guessing things could get a little hairy.
@williamstephenson6387
@williamstephenson6387 12 күн бұрын
Where's the rifle? They'd have been doing a lot more hunting and fishing back then I would imagine.
@outdoorlifemaine6691
@outdoorlifemaine6691 Ай бұрын
I've been there 24:58
@rogerscottcathey
@rogerscottcathey Ай бұрын
1867 the fur trade was practically over, wasn't it?
@lavalslounge335
@lavalslounge335 Ай бұрын
Probably not over but defenatly close to it but since the buffalo fur trade was going on over at the great plains it wasn't really over yet
@AllanVelkovski-qw6sz
@AllanVelkovski-qw6sz Ай бұрын
No just getting started
@brandenforrer2603
@brandenforrer2603 27 күн бұрын
The people of old days were built different and people died if they didn't have a leader
@ButchcraftBandit
@ButchcraftBandit Ай бұрын
Well the used about a two ft by two ft square of sheep skin. I know I was there. They would lay it over the ors. 😊
@josejaimevidalrosales8660
@josejaimevidalrosales8660 Ай бұрын
❤❤
@WreckerWarsdotcom
@WreckerWarsdotcom Ай бұрын
Great video but, Wont lie, the bugs crawling on the screen at an hour 59 in almost gave me heart failure.
@kelliv2995
@kelliv2995 Ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@dynastybros5403
@dynastybros5403 Ай бұрын
Does this still happen??
@susanandrews2294
@susanandrews2294 Ай бұрын
Oh come on. The strength test is complete b.s. The couriers de bois would NEVER have carried so much weight, supposedly 182 lbs or more, concentrated in just one section of their pack, and certainly not as low down as the poor fools in the first 4 minutes are doing. The real packs were much larger and distributed the weight of the load evenly across the whole back. To concentrate it just on the hips is sheer stupidity.
@job4him712
@job4him712 8 күн бұрын
Would the fur traders have had the furs with them or be trapping and hunting on the way?
@scottgilberg6438
@scottgilberg6438 Ай бұрын
And they had Canadian equivalent of Coast guard along the whole way. If your going to reenact something do a better job. Death was a part of LIFE IN 1840.
@trailertrashed6390
@trailertrashed6390 Ай бұрын
poor bob
@randynesbit4497
@randynesbit4497 21 күн бұрын
Trappers travelled up the Missouri in pole boats literally dragging the boat the whole way from each shore. This is ridiculous
@globyois
@globyois 12 күн бұрын
They failed to take advantages of numerous opportunities the wilderness offers to make their journey more comfortable.
@douglaskampfer2028
@douglaskampfer2028 Ай бұрын
It is quite obvious that these folks don't know the ways of the fur trade, for mosquitoes you use birch punk mushrooms it smudges bugs away, also birch oil was used as a bug repellent, speak to my family the Cree, they will show you.
@petergioello3034
@petergioello3034 Ай бұрын
Too many ads
@jeffreyhemphill3831
@jeffreyhemphill3831 Ай бұрын
The camera guy said he was excited to do something no one has done before, but isn't the point of them doing this literally that some have already done this before?
@scottgilberg6438
@scottgilberg6438 Ай бұрын
The guys sitting on their ass, in the background had RUBBER TIRE BUMPERS ON THE BOAT!!! WTF yep 100% real 1840s.
@juliogonzalez8863
@juliogonzalez8863 26 күн бұрын
They are supposed to be trappers. Why are they not trapping or fishing for food when they make camp.
@bigskunk801
@bigskunk801 Ай бұрын
Each only gets 10K seems like a ripoff. I’ll bet the camera operator will make more than that.
@dopedreamz
@dopedreamz Ай бұрын
Has nothing to do with the money tho. Today that’s a realistic necessity but I’d do it for free if I didn’t have a wife and kids.
@bigskunk801
@bigskunk801 Ай бұрын
@@dopedreamz it’s the real smart people who contradict themselves and seemingly don’t have much brains.
@dopedreamz
@dopedreamz Ай бұрын
@@bigskunk801 how so, I’m a stay at home dad of 5 kids. If I didn’t have the responsibilities of a wife and children or I were 19 with no financial obligations I’d do it free for the experience, the same as I’ve climbed the 46 high peaks of the Adirondacks... How is expressing the realities of today’s economy somehow ignorant?
@bigskunk801
@bigskunk801 Ай бұрын
@@dopedreamz what makes you think I care who you are? My comment is my opinion. Why should I care what you would do? I get it. You don’t agree with my comment and reply to your reply. It’s weird that people like you leave replies of your life story. Maybe consider letting people have their opinions without feeling the need to express yours.
@dopedreamz
@dopedreamz Ай бұрын
@@bigskunk801 ok, I was trying to provide prospective instead of saying you were shallow if you couldn’t understand the benefits of such a journey if it doesn’t pay more… but sure… no value at all except the 10k 😂🤣😂🤣
@baggiobeer5918
@baggiobeer5918 Ай бұрын
they don't fish why is that
@Banditt42
@Banditt42 Ай бұрын
All that effort for some fur. It doesn't seem justified.
@PacksSacks
@PacksSacks Ай бұрын
It was HUGE money then. Think like they harvesting Gucci and Louie clothes. Fur made them profit let alone paying for such an expensive expedition
@mac3ron1
@mac3ron1 Ай бұрын
Modern man, will still go to great lengths for a furry beaver
@scuzzytwo7556
@scuzzytwo7556 Ай бұрын
I bet it was hard living?
@lutomson3496
@lutomson3496 Ай бұрын
go to the 16th and later century traders the 19 means nothing on our farm we had an old french cabin part of the indie and hudson companies this garbage is not true..and as a kid i had my traplines set for muskrat, beaver, fox, otter following in my ancestors and native american ancestory
@roostershooter76
@roostershooter76 Ай бұрын
Videos of this size need to be cut into a "series". Not many people have 4 Hours to sit and watch a complete Documentary of this size!
@chuck9693
@chuck9693 Ай бұрын
I’d say they’re doing a service for putting it all into a single video instead of mllking this as a long season
@christinalaska
@christinalaska Ай бұрын
Did someone strap you in and throw away the key? You can pause videos. You know that right? Sheesh
@stephenash4555
@stephenash4555 Ай бұрын
Exactly ,pause is your friend 😅​@@christinalaska
@User_yhvz
@User_yhvz Ай бұрын
It’s intended for you to fall asleep so they soak up the ad revenue while you sleep 😂 (It worked)
@PacksSacks
@PacksSacks Ай бұрын
Cry about it. U know u can pause n com e back
@scottgilberg6438
@scottgilberg6438 Ай бұрын
Scared and naked...... On discovery Channel has more precedence. This sucks.
@jasonjamesbisson
@jasonjamesbisson Ай бұрын
Ever sick !! 😂
@scottgilberg6438
@scottgilberg6438 Ай бұрын
Loose this video. It's not even 50% true. Your better than this utube. I'm a prime member. Watched 1000 documentaries. Loose it
@PUBGSLAYER3363
@PUBGSLAYER3363 Ай бұрын
fur stealing it should say,
@brandenforrer2603
@brandenforrer2603 27 күн бұрын
Have any of them ever ben through anything difficult. They clearly have never ben hungry with all the bicthing about the food
@viking0116
@viking0116 16 күн бұрын
Women didn’t do this job.
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin Ай бұрын
Makes me wonder how they pooped???
@chrissmith3509
@chrissmith3509 Ай бұрын
You city people are funny.😂
@ApacheBob41
@ApacheBob41 14 күн бұрын
A gay crew.
@MyYTchannel.thenationalrazor
@MyYTchannel.thenationalrazor 20 күн бұрын
DEI
@javiertarrios2565
@javiertarrios2565 Ай бұрын
First frfr
@a1971-d6d
@a1971-d6d Ай бұрын
The only thing you need to do next, is to accept the LORD JESUS CHRIST as your savior. John 3:16 Context 13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
@adrianwelch1435
@adrianwelch1435 Ай бұрын
who cares
@innerspacesurfer
@innerspacesurfer Ай бұрын
I do. What's your point exactly?
@Banditt42
@Banditt42 Ай бұрын
you do otherwise you wouldn't be here
@canoeman1961
@canoeman1961 Ай бұрын
You mean about you ? There I'm in 100 % agreement with you.
@twilight-pictures
@twilight-pictures 16 күн бұрын
A challenge. Knowing you can quit and go back to your 21st century good life. They couldn"t.
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