With the arrival of the British came the Hudson's Bay Company in 1836 who would enjoy a trade monopoly over central Labrador's furs for more than 100 years. With the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1763) Labrador was passed from the French to the British. Trappers maintained traplines inherited from relatives throughout central Labrador.Īn engraving of the HBC post at North West River c.
Trappers living in and around North West River would come to the trading post to exchange furs, such as beaver, mink, marten, seal, fox, and bear, for flour, raisins, canvas tents, axes, guns and other goods. Traders would also do business trading goods with the nomadic Naskapi Innu.Įuropean fur traders relied on the knowledge of the land possessed by the trappers and the Innu to provide them with furs. Many took on Inuit wives creating a population of Métis trappers and traders.
French settlers from Quebec moved to the area surrounding North West River to work as voyageurs and coureurs des bois (i.e., trappers).
The site was primarily used to trade furs with the local indigenous peoples for European goods. The shop has divided one of its bays in two so the crew can film uninterrupted.In 1743 French fur trader Louis Fornel was the first European to establish a year-long settlement at the present site of North West River. The show will mainly be shot from mid-March to mid-July. "I figured for sure it was something like that but something told me to message and call the guy back." "I figured it was a scam," he said comparing it to shams offering people free trips to exotic places. "I got overwhelmed with responses from people up and down the coast saying you've got to come check out my buddy, you've gotta visit these people."įriends of Collin Baikie, the MMA fighter and owner of CRB, tagged him in Armitage's post.
LAST STOP GARAGE DRIVER
Proper Television is behind shows like Canada's Worst Driver and Masterchef Canada.Īrmitage put an ad on Facebook looking for characters, people who love the outdoors and families with family run businesses. "I decided I have to go there and find out what happens on the ground," he said.
LAST STOP GARAGE TV
Proper Television development producer Mike Armitage was flying back to Canada from Europe about a year ago when he saw Happy Valley-Goose Bay pop up on the in-flight entertainment TV in the seat in front of him. "We don't always have the best parts but we do what we can do. "We fix Zambonis, we fix wheelchairs, we fix planes and we fix cars – whatever comes in the shop we'll try," said Stanley Oliver, CRB's general manager and one of the show's soon-to-be main characters. The half-hour episodes will air on the Discovery Channel in Canada, Latin America and Europe as well as Velocity, an automotive channel in the U.S.
LAST STOP GARAGE SERIES
With the working title Last Stop Garage, the 12-episode reality series will focus on the variety of jobs coming through CRB's doors, as the town's only garage. Over the next five months, CRB Rebuild and Recreation in North West River, Labrador will be making room for an eight-person television crew to capture the shop's everyday happenings.
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