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JEAN MARIE CARDINAL COMMEMORATIVE CANOE VOYAGE. The voyage was a re-enactment of the legendary voyage of [[CARDINAL, Jean Marie|Jean Marie CARDINAL]], a French [[LEAD]] miner and fur trader. The commemorative voyage, scheduled to last fifteen days, left Dubuque on July 24, 1976 | JEAN MARIE CARDINAL COMMEMORATIVE CANOE VOYAGE. The voyage was a re-enactment of the legendary voyage of [[CARDINAL, Jean Marie|Jean Marie CARDINAL]], a French [[LEAD]] miner and fur trader. The commemorative voyage, scheduled to last fifteen days, left Dubuque on July 24, 1976 and called for stops in twenty-five cities during the trip. Rex Wellman of Dubuque portrayed Cardinal. Using twenty-six-foot canoes, the canoeists paddled at fifty-five strokes per minute to maintain a speed of approximately nine miles per hour. | ||
After two weeks and an estimated 3.8 million strokes the voyage ended under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri on August 5, 1976. (1) | After two weeks and an estimated 3.8 million strokes the voyage ended under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri on August 5, 1976. (1) | ||
Latest revision as of 02:49, 25 January 2022
JEAN MARIE CARDINAL COMMEMORATIVE CANOE VOYAGE. The voyage was a re-enactment of the legendary voyage of Jean Marie CARDINAL, a French LEAD miner and fur trader. The commemorative voyage, scheduled to last fifteen days, left Dubuque on July 24, 1976 and called for stops in twenty-five cities during the trip. Rex Wellman of Dubuque portrayed Cardinal. Using twenty-six-foot canoes, the canoeists paddled at fifty-five strokes per minute to maintain a speed of approximately nine miles per hour.
After two weeks and an estimated 3.8 million strokes the voyage ended under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri on August 5, 1976. (1)
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1. Good, Stephen, "Canoe Voyagers Reach St. Louis," Telegraph Herald, August 6, 1976, p. 19