The new exhibit, “North Bay and the Voyageurs”, is based on the booming fur trade industry that the North Bay area was a part of from 1750-1821.
In addition to exploring Voyageur life, this exhibit also focuses on local connections with the fur trade including the role of First Nations peoples and the story of local free trader Eustache La Ronde who managed a post at the mouth of the La Vase River.
It features birch bark canoes alongside trade goods, fire-starting equipment, and archaeological objects discovered on site of Fort Laronde.
The exhibit will be open until January 2017.
