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Voyageurs

Hey Brian, thanks for all the help cleaning up my mess of information on voyageurs and whatnot. Looks great! Jay user:upshot

Hey Jay. Not a problem. I'm glad you didn't mind me rearranging things a bit. I'm also glad that you added more information to the article. BTW, I agree with you that the voyageurs should be a separate article from the Coureur de bois since I think these two figures are more distinct than they are similar. I added to the discussion on the article's discussion page re this point. BrianC 22:23, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Michigan

Hey, thanks for helping me out with the Michigan Timeline as I am a wiki-newb. On this note, could you tell me how to join the Michigan group? upshot

Just add your name to the participants list on the project page. There's not a lot of concerted efforts going on right now, but a lot of people have the talk page on their watch list, so feel free to ask questions or make suggestions. Cheers. older ≠ wiser 13:58, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Etienne Brule

Well, that's silly, to be honest. One of those links is from a very old book, and the other just notes that Stephen is the English version of Etienne. No one calls him Stephen now. Adam Bishop 06:51, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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Le Griffon

Jay, this is Jack in Quebec, Canada! How are you? I have a problem. I took your photo of Le Griffon ship and placed it in commons so that I could use it in the french section of wikipedia. Now, they are giving me a hard time over it's origins. Do you know where you got this picture? I am sure it is very old, more than 50 for canadian copyrites and more than 70 for US, but since I got it from you, I don't know what to tell them. Could you help me clear up this matter. It would be greatly appreciated, because without it, it doesn't make the article so nice anymore. Thanks Jay! Jack--Chnou (talk) 17:57, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

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