Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:National Film Board of Canada
Age of the Beaver
DirectorColin Low
WriterRoman Kroitor
17 minDocumentary
Plot
This film provides a brief history of the fur trade in Canada, showing its effects on exploration and settlement. Engravings and paintings from the periods represented convey the romance, the adventures and the hardships of traders, Indigenous People and coureurs des bois. Animated maps indicate the old fur trade routes.
