What is Coureur de bois?
[[File:Voyageur canoe.jpg|thumb|Hudson Bay company freight canoe with voyageurs]] A '''coureur des bois''' ({{IPA-fr|kuʁœʁ de bwa}}, ''runner of the woods'') was a [[French Canadian]] man who engaged in the [[fur trade]]. They trapped and traded the hides of many animals, especially [[beaver]]. The coureurs des bois worked in eastern [[North America]] from the late 1700s, moving up toward [[Hudson Bay]] and across the [[Rocky Mountains]] to the [[Pacific Ocean]] by the 19th century. Many worked for the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] of [[Great Britain]]. {{multistub|history|Canada}} [[Category:Trade]]