Cuthbert was eight when adults sent him on a very long trip east. Vote at each stop, then click a route. Watch the days and his age go up. Wrong turns still continue — they just take longer.
Time travelling
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Cuthbert’s age
8
Spring 1801. Cuthbert Grant is eight. His father has died, and adults are sending him east to Montreal. 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
