Quest for the bay [DVD video]

Filmed on location in Manitoba, Canada, eight volunteers help relive an adventure of the epic 1200 kilometer journey of the Hudson's Bay Company fur traders of the 1840s who traveled from Winnipeg, Canada to the Hudson Bay. Reliving the past, the 'average people' undertake a grueling and difficult journey through the wilderness in a historically accurate York Boat rowing 12 to 14 hours a day, carrying 180 lbs. packs, and shooting the rapids as the trip takes eight to twelve weeks.

General Note:

Title on container: Quest for the bay series.

Originally produced as five episodes of the television series: Quest for the bay.

Program content: c2001.

Performers:

Narrator, Tom Anniko ; featuring: Ken Albert, Jr., Rob Clark, Geoff Cowie, Paul Gossen, Marits Luinenburg, Kevin Mustard, RoseAnna Schick, Randal Shore.

Contents:

episode 1. The company of adventurers -- episode 2. The lake -- episode 3. The great portage -- episode 4. Beyond Hell's gate -- episode 5. To the edge of the frozen sea.

Technical Details:

DVD-R (might not be compatible with all players); NTSC; full screen presentation.

Subject Term:

Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwest, Canadian -- 19th century.

Fur trade -- Northwest, Canadian -- History -- 19th century.

Eighteen forties.

York boats.

Geographic Term:

Northwest, Canadian -- History -- 19th century.

Genre:

Reality television programs.

Documentary television programs.