The La Vérendryes: Family of Explorers

Transportation

La Vérendrye at the Lake of the Woods Copyright/Source

La Vérendrye did most of his exploration by canoe and on horseback. The canoe of the time was made with a wooden frame and covered with the bark from a birch tree. It was very light and could be carried easily.

	While horses had reached southern Alberta by the early 1700s, south-eastern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba wouldn't have them for another 50 years or so.