The scene in the photo is of a large freight canoe being rowed by voyageurs on the French River, a river that runs through the Canadian Shield between Georgian Bay and Lake Nipissing. Solving this puzzle will require you to you identify certain individuals, objects and key words associated with the photo as well as with the voyageurs manning the canoe. You will be given the number of words, the number of letters as well as whether the French or English version of the word is to be used. Add the value of all the letters in the words and add the sum of all these letters to both the North and West portions of the following set of coordinates: N45° 29.548 W75° 24.424. Once you have done this, add 12 to both the North and West coordinates. For example: Question: What is the name given to the voyageurs standing in the rear of the canoe? 1 - 10 - F. The answer is gouvernail, there are 10 letters in the word and the French version of the word must be used when completing your calculations. The value of all letters in the word gouvernail is 124.
1. What is the name given to that painting? 7 - 39 - E
Canoe Manned by Voyageurs Passing a Waterfall
2. What is the name of the only woman sitting in the canoe? 3 - 18 - E
Frances Anne Hopkins (She's the author of the painting)
3. What is the name of the person sitting next to her? 3 - 19 - E
Edward Martin Hopkins (Worked for Hudson's Bay Company)
4. The term used by the voyageurs to identify a friendly wind? 2 - 9 - F
La Vieille
5. The term given to the voyageurs that sat in the middle of the canoe? 1 – 6 - F
Milieu
6. This term, frequently used by voyageurs, came to mean a unit of distance between two stops on a river or lake. 1 - 5 - F
Pipes
7. Term used to identify the monetary value of goods purchased from native people by the Hudson’s Bay Company? 2 – 10 – E
Made Beaver
8. The term used to describe the colourful sash worn by voyageurs? 2 - 15 – F
Ceinture Flèchée
9. The voyageurs patched their canoes using spruce root. What name did they give to that root? 1 – 7 – F
Wattap
10. Because of its resistance to frost, the fur of this animal was very highly prized. What is the name of that animal? 1 – 9 - E
Wolverine