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Joseph ConstantA freeman or free trader [a fur trader unconnected to any of the fur trading companies] from Quebec who settled in The Pas and was influential in the Cree settling on the south side of the Saskatchewan River in this area. Constant cleared land, raised cattle, and grew crops. He raised a family and many of his descendants live in the area to this day.
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The fur trade was the single most profound enterprise in the exploration of the vast hinterland of the northwest - a commercial venture of immense scope and ambition that eventually spawned the nation of Canada. The Saskatchewan River was a main artery of the trade - a vital part of the nation's first transcontinental highway, and a link between past and present. |
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