Thompson Brigade Reaches Winnipeg
13 Jun
The 2008 Thompson Brigade canoe caravan reached Winnipeg yesterday on its 2,200 mile trip from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta to Thunder Bay, Ontario.
The Winnipeg Free Press ran THIS story and shot THIS video to record the arrival of the ten 23-foot-long north canoes at the site of Fort Garry.
The Thompson Brigade paddlers are commemorating the bicentennial of David Thompson’s return trip from his explorations for the Northwest Company. Thompson is considered by many to be the greatest land geographer of all time.
When the Thompson Brigade began their trip, we posted THIS story.
