Among the richest sources of strange tales to come out of the Canadian fur trade are the writings of a 19th Century fur trader named George Nelson, who worked for three different fur trading syndicates in the wilderness of Wisconsin, Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.

 

0:00:00 – Lac La Ronge

0:00:58 - The Shaking Tent

0:03:45 - The Spirits

0:06:09 - Conjuring for a NWC Gentleman

0:08:03 - Nelson’s Shaking Tent Experience

0:09:55 - The Shaking Tent Dream

0:12:05 - Pah-kak- The Skeleton Ghost

0:16:20 - Wendigo

0:18:41 - The Windigo of Lake Winnipeg

0:20:36 - The Wendigo Woman of Lac La Ronge

0:22:52 - Wendigo Dreams

0:23:44  - A Windigo Execution

 

Script, Music, Video, and Narration by Hammerson Peters

Executive Producer: Dan Chomistek

Cover and Thumbnail Art by August Swinson, Member of Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation in Ontario