Cuthbert Grant was eight years old when he was sent from the Assiniboine River to Montreal. Vote at each stop, then click the route on the map. Watch the days and his age climb.
Time travelling
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Cuthbert’s age
8
Spring 1801. Cuthbert Grant is eight years old. His father is dead, and his father's will has put him in the care of a man he has never met, two thousand miles away in Montreal. The ice is out. How does he leave?
Vote as a class, then click a route on the map or a card below.
Sources
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography — GRANT, CUTHBERT (d. 1854) — George Woodcock, "GRANT, CUTHBERT," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto / Université Laval. Link
- Memorable Manitobans: Cuthbert James Grant (1793–1854) — Manitoba Historical Society, drawing on J. M. Bumsted, Dictionary of Manitoba Biography (University of Manitoba Press, 1999). Link
- Cuthbert Grant of Grantown: Warden of the Plains of Red River — Margaret Arnett MacLeod and W. L. Morton (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1974). The standard biography.
- Cuthbert James Grant — Lawrence Barkwell, Gabriel Dumont Institute — Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture. Link
- Grand Portage: A History of the Sites, People, and Fur Trade — Erwin N. Thompson, United States National Park Service. Source for the July rendezvous, the 1 August departure deadline, the Rainy Lake meeting with the Athabasca brigades, and the 1803 move to Fort William. Link
- Canoes of Grand Portage — United States National Park Service. Source for the canot du maître / canot du nord division of the route at Lake Superior. Link
