Wiki Articles: The Little Ice Age, Felt Hats, Canoe Routes and Indigenous Empires

This page lists links to the many Wikipedia articles (and other interesting sites), that I will need to reread to develop an overall idea of the relationship of the Little Ice Age, the Beaver Felt Hat, the North American Fur Trade and the Canoe Routes of the Traders (Native American and otherwise) to the continual 18th Century struggle between what Wells called "Princes, Parliaments and Powers."

Expect a list of the many European and North American wars of the era, including an examination of the creation of the Iroquois Empire, the claims made for lands contained within it by the competing colonial entities of the time (from New France to British America to the new United States), as well as the many tribes and peoples displaced from it, along with their economic activities and way of life.

For now we'll start with cold winters, warm hats, important rivers, and very big canoes.

The Little Ice Age

North American Fur Trade

Beaver Felt Hats

North American Beaver

Canoe Routes of Early Canada

• St. Lawrence River basin
• Lake Champlain-Hudson River basin
• Upper Ohio River basin

Oneida Carry

Mohawk River

Ottawa River

Ohio River

Great Trail

Iroquois

Algonquin

Wyandot (Huron)

Economy of the Iroquois

Coreur des bois

Voyageurs

Beaver Wars

French and Indian Wars (plural)

List of Engagements Involving French Colonial Empire

List of Conflicts in 18th Century British America

18th Century Military History of Canada

Robert Rogers' Rules of Ranging

Long-Range Recon Patrol (History)

Canada, Colony of New France

The Royal Province of James II, Duke of York

Charlotina, Proposed Colony of British America

Ohio Country

Eastern Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands (US)

Mixed Plains Ecozone (Canada)

Here's the interesting quote of the day:

"The birch bark canoe was used in a 6,500 kilometres (4,000 mi) supply route from Montreal to the Pacific Ocean and the Mackenzie River, and continued to be used up to the end of the 19th century."

From this entry:

Canoe: History

And, since no post seems complete without some pictures, here are a few of canoes in use:

  

Reading and commenting on all of that material will take a while, but for now we have a list of the pertinent articles collected in one place, for ease of use. Similar posts to follow.