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Age of the Beaver - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB524507
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Tom Daly
Directors: Colin Low
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject: Canadian History, Documentary, Indigenous Peoples, Science, Social Studies
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1952
Running Time: 16:47
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Age of the Beaver - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB524507
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Tom Daly
Directors: Colin Low
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject: Canadian History, Documentary, Indigenous Peoples, Science, Social Studies
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1952
Running Time: 16:47
Click here for pricing
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.