Canada Vignettes - Voyageurs

[Trund27]

This song is sooo awesome

[kchishol1970]

These spots were such a mainstay on Canadian TV in the 1970s and 80s and something to dearly enjoy.

[TheSandsie13]

i always got the song from this vignette stuck in my head. drove me nuts still does.

[ericjaydolin]

Great video! If you are interested in the fur trade, you will probably like FUR, FORTUNE, AND EMPIRE: THE EPIC HISTORY OF THE FUR TRADE IN AMERICA (W. W. NORTON, JULY 2010). To see a book trailer for this book, search fur trade history on youtube, or search the title. The book is available in bookstores, online and in stores.

[MopsusHears]

This is the Vignette that haunted me when young and that I really remember. The hardship of that life is wonderfully conveyed in this animation.

[Montork]

1ST DRAMATIC WOODCHUCK AT 0:10

[Iwasateeninthe80s]

@Montork Hey Friend, it's not a woodchuck; it's a beaver. This little spot is there for a reason. For decades the trade in beaver pelts was nearly the backbone of the economy in trade between the Aboriginal peoples and the Canadians. That's why the beaver is depicted in cameo in this short film. All the best to you!

[Montork]

@Iwasateeninthe80s i know... im Canadian too, i was making a joke.

[Iwasateeninthe80s]

@Montork Hey Friend, it's not a woodchuck; it's a beaver. This little spot is there for a reason. For decades the trade in beaver pelts was nearly the backbone of the economy in trade between the Aboriginal peoples and the Canadians. That's why the beaver is depicted in cameo in this short film. All the best to you! It's also why the beaver is on our nickel coin.

[Iwasateeninthe80s]

Brilliant. I remember this from when I was a kid and it is an amazing piece of Canadiana. Their canoes weighed 265 kg empty--holy cow! That's around 500lb for you Yanks out there. "But their routes became our roads; and their endurance and pluck, our heritage". Canada IS wilderness and the NFB shows our relationship to it. Makes me absolutely proud to be Canadian.

[jumpinjason]

I love Youtube; I was humming this tune since I was a little kid and by golly, it's right here on YouTube. Wow, brings back memories.

[peskylisa]

@jumpinjason It is an infectious melody!

[Trund27]

Very haunting music

[Bartley70]

Thanks for the memories.

[1Bandit455]

@MORGANTHEMOON1-- look for the Disney movie NIKKI WILD DOG OF THE NORTH - it has a great Voyageur song on there .

[Danux01]

Ahh, "J'entends le moulin". I've searched for this, on and off, for a few years, but my French has really atrophied away... Does anyone know the name of the choir that sang for this particular vignette? As soothing as Michael Kane's voice is, I wouldn't mind hearing it without the narration. While we're on the subject of NFBofC vignette music, anyone know the score from Paul Bochner's two vignettes "Faces" and "Maple Leaf"?

[MORGANTHEMOON1]

I'm looking for more of this type of singing.

I heard it on the Ray Mears show.

Great music

[Paul02111960]

Hi,Sounds like I'm looking for the same thing. I too saw it on Ray Mears and thought it sounded great. I'm into all sorts of 'Folk' type music and the Voyageur's sounded just the type of sound that I'm into. I've discovered Voyageur's World, a website dedicated to this type of stuff if you're interested. Cheers...Paul

[MORGANTHEMOON1]

Hi Paul,

Thank you very much.

I thought this music was great when I heard it on Ray Mears and although I've found similar music, I think the group The sons of voyageurs sound like the group I'm looking for. If you google it on heartistry music you can listen to some snippets and it says mp3 downloads coming. I've also heard that song from Ray Mears on the Frank Hennesy folk music radio program on BBC Wales. An excellent show for obscure music.

Great to hear from you.

Haydn

[PatchesRips]

Yeah, that song always always always gives me goosebumps.

[hunterways]

it's a french singing!  tuff guys!

[El135o]

Wow, to think this was found in slots between TV shows years ago. Now it's all planned out to the second, to maximize the ads blasted at us.

Thank goodness I got to see stuff like this. I pity the current unlearned generation ...

[Neigeux]

wow! watching this makes me feel so connected to Canada! I swear I have some voyageur in me! i know it was a shitty struggle for them, but i love canoeing! i love struggling through the portages, because all that hard work pays off when you get to see our beautiful Canadian wildlife! thank you Canada

[Trund27]

@Neigeux

I love what you wrote

[qzamboni]

that's J'entends le Moulin isn't it? I sang that in choir in grade 2...

[Juxtatype]

You are correct: it is "J'entends le moulin". Well done.

[shugbot]

Yes, well done. Waves of nostalgia.

[2CanTor]

fucken french fag

[Juxtatype]

I am indebted to you for posting this and other vignettes. Many thanks.