Exploration and Evangelization of the Great Canadian North: Vikings, Coureurs des Bois, and Missionaries

. After a preliminary discussion of the possibility of a pre-Columbian evangelization of the Canadian Arctic, the aim of this paper is to describe the main thrusts, first to the northeast and later to the northwest, particularly those which originated in New France. It will also show the predominant...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Mary-Rousselière, Guy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
Subjects:
History
Metis
Missionaries
Native peoples
Norse
Religion
Canadian Arctic
Greenland
Hudson Bay region
Labrador
Arctic
Hudson Bay
Canada
Hudson
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65293
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Summary:. After a preliminary discussion of the possibility of a pre-Columbian evangelization of the Canadian Arctic, the aim of this paper is to describe the main thrusts, first to the northeast and later to the northwest, particularly those which originated in New France. It will also show the predominant part played by the coureurs des bois and their successors, the "voyageurs", or French-Canadian boatmen or bushmen, in the exploration of northwest Canada and in influencing the conversion of the indigenous people to Christianity.

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