
Calendar 2008 (Click on the link for more information and/or email contact.) This is the 200th anniversary of David Thompson's cross-Canada trade route. The David Thompson Brigade will be comemmorating it with a series of events from May to Autumn. Please check out the website for support and/or encouragement. Feb 15-17 Klondike Days: Living History Encounter Eagle River, WI Exhibits life in the fur trade of the Great Lakes. Participation is by invitation and contract, but just visiting is worth the trip. Meet some of the best interpreters of Upper Great Lakes fur trade doing what they do best! Information: Bill Kroll (715) 479-5034 Feb 23-4 Echoes of the Past Historical Trade Fair Oshkosh, WI More info: Brian Bradley/Linda Marin 920 233 5332 June 14-15 25th Annual Island Rendezvous Romeoville, IL Isle a la cache museum: Travel to the past for a celebration of early Illinois fur traders,craftsmen,musicians and more for more Info call Mike S. 1(815)886-1467 July 10-14 Great Rendezvous, Ft. William Historic Park Thunder Bay , ON Email for registration material or call 807-473-2344 Canada Event Coordinator: Krista Power 807-473-2357 July 26-27 Great Folle Avoine Fur Trade Rendezvous Danbury, WI phone 715-866-8890 August 1-3 White Oak Rendezvous Deer River, MN (full event July 31- Aug 5) Email event or phone 218-246-9393 August 8-10 Grand Portage Rendezvous & Pow Wow Grand Portage, MN Stresses authentic Fur Trade camps of 1790-1804. Preregistration required; check
website Contact Park HQ 218-387-2788; Site 218-475-2202 August 15-17 Heritage Days
Galesburg,
IL A Living History Festival including a Pre 1840’s Rendezvous & Civil War Re-enactment Questions, check the website or contact Bill Dwyer 309-274-2345 Sept 19-21 NW Co. Fur Post Fall Gathering Pine City, MN Stress is on authentic presentation and education. Camps must be pre-1830 fur trade era. For Information Contact: NW Co Fur Post, PO Box 51, Pine City, MN 55063 Sept 27-28 Colonial Trade Faire Peoria, IL Jubilee State Park For registration Information contact Jim Winters 1(708)269-1965 or email JMW4290@aol.com Oct 2-5 Big Island Festival and Rendezvous Albert Lea, MN phone 800-658-2526 Oct 27-8 Feast of the Hunter's Moon West Lafayette, IN Ft Ouiatenon Historic Park; contact Tippecanoe County Historical Assn 765-476-8411 Nov TBA NAVC Fall Gathering Thunder Bay, ONT Fort William Historic Park Canada Ok, the best program around for learning about for learning about the fur trade. Period. For 2008, get your passport (unless you're Canadian): we're going to Ft William!! Have an event relating to the North American Fur Trade that you would like posted? Contact webmaster. |



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