Mysteries of the Canadian Fur Trade: Episode 2.3 - George Nelson in La Ronge

Among the richest sources of strange tales to come out of the Canadian fur trade are the writings of a 19th Century fur trader named George Nelson, who worked for three different fur trading syndicates in the wilderness of Wisconsin, Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.

0:00:00 – Lac La Ronge
0:00:58 - The Shaking Tent
0:03:45 - The Spirits
0:06:09 - Conjuring for a NWC Gentleman
0:08:03 - Nelson’s Shaking Tent Experience
0:09:55 - The Shaking Tent Dream
0:12:05 - Pah-kak- The Skeleton Ghost
0:16:20 - Wendigo
0:18:41 - The Windigo of Lake Winnipeg
0:20:36 - The Wendigo Woman of Lac La Ronge
0:22:52 - Wendigo Dreams
0:23:44 - A Windigo Execution

Script, Music, Video, and Narration by Hammerson Peters
Executive Producer: Dan Chomistek
Cover and Thumbnail Art by August Swinson, Member of Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation in Ontario