Between May 1846 and October 1848, Paul Kane travelled from Toronto, Ontario, to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, following the Hudson’s Bay Company’s fur-trade routes during which time he sketched the landscapes and the peoples he encountered. Later, in his Toronto studio referring to his sketches for inspiration and details he developed formal oil-on-canvas and oil-on-board paintings. Early on May 30, 1846, at the beginning of the French Portage in northwestern Ontario, Kane sat down and took a sketch of the rapids, men cooking breakfast, and the voyageurs unloading the canoes in preparation for walking the trail.
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