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Fur & Fortune: Every winter, Manitoba’s trappers head to the Thompson Fur Table to sell their wares at what’s become the industry’s biggest, fuzziest family reunion.
Up Here Magazine, October 2013 It’s 5:30 a.m. in mid-December and a line-up is already snaking into the 29-below darkness outside St. Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Thompson, Manitoba. Dozens of trappers wreathed in cigarette smoke shuffle to keep warm, … Continue reading →
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