Floating Classroom
Having a Voyageur Canoe History Class while paddling the Montreal canoe could be something students would remember.
Add a birch bark craft workshop or paddle painting in our classrooms at the islands artscape, to make it a full day activity.
. They are replicas of canoes used by the North West Company, transporting furs from the interior to rendezvous points such as Fort William. At Rendezvous, their cargoes of fur were transferred to Montreal Canoes, 34 feet long, for the 54-day shipment east to Montreal. The North Canoes in turn, would take the goods from the east to the interior for trade.
Add a birch bark craft workshop or paddle painting in our classrooms at the islands artscape, to make it a full day activity.
. They are replicas of canoes used by the North West Company, transporting furs from the interior to rendezvous points such as Fort William. At Rendezvous, their cargoes of fur were transferred to Montreal Canoes, 34 feet long, for the 54-day shipment east to Montreal. The North Canoes in turn, would take the goods from the east to the interior for trade.
How to improve education: move the classroom outdoors
