Porkeater [French, mangeur de lard ], in the parlance of the fur trade, was a derogatory term for a Voyageur hired by the North West Company who made only the short run between Montréal and Grand Portage (and not into the North-West) and whose staple diet was pork, unlike the Winterer, or homme du nord, who made do with fish and pemmican. Later it came to refer to any voyageur who was a newcomer to the North-West.
Suggest an Edit
Citation
-
- MLA 8TH EDITION
- Colombo, John Robert. "Porkeater". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 17 July 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/porkeater. Accessed 05 February 2023.
- Copy
-
- APA 6TH EDITION
- Colombo, J. (2015). Porkeater. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/porkeater
- Copy
-
- CHICAGO 17TH EDITION
- Colombo, John Robert. "Porkeater." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 07, 2006; Last Edited July 17, 2015.
- Copy
-
- TURABIAN 8TH EDITION
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Porkeater," by John Robert Colombo, Accessed February 05, 2023, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/porkeater
- Copy
Thank you for your submission
Our team will be reviewing your submission
and get back to you with any further questions.
Thanks for contributing to The Canadian Encyclopedia.
ClosePorkeater
Article by | John Robert Colombo |
Published Online | February 7, 2006 |
Last Edited | July 17, 2015 |