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Fur Trade Encampment
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Location(s): Fort St. Joseph National Historic SiteCost: Included with admission
Wheelchair Accessible
Interact with costumed interpreters who will present skills, crafts and pastimes of the fur trade, military life and frontier living at Fort St. Joseph! Join us to learn about a variety of subjects including traditional fire lighting with flint and steel, cooking on an open fire, the trade goods and furs of the fur trade, and crafts such as fingerweaving. These activities are free with admission and vary depending on weather and staffing.
Schedule: Daily June-August: outdoor location 11:00 pm -4:00 pm; Daily September: indoor location, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Historic Bake Oven Cooking
Culture and entertainment History Nature
Location(s): Fort St. Joseph National Historic SiteCost: Included with admissionWheelchair Accessible
Experience our traditional clay bake oven, just like the residents of Fort St. Joseph! Built of locally collected materials, this wood-fired oven is in the same style as those that were in the bakehouses at the fort. Fresh bread was the mainstay of soldiers’ rations and one of the things that made life on the frontier a little more pleasant for the British. Watch and smell as we bake bread and other tasty treats using tools, utensils and techniques from the early 1800s.
Schedule: Sundays, June - August, 11am-4pm. Morning – Firing up the bake oven. Afternoon – Baking bread…exact timing depends on environmental conditions.
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Immersive Experience: Fire a flintlock musket!
Culture and entertainment History Nature
Location(s): Fort St. Joseph National Historic SiteCost: $34.25Wheelchair Accessible
Sign up to join the Michilimackinac Company during the turbulent times before the War of 1812. Learn how fur traders, in an alliance with First Nations peoples and the British military joined together to capture Fort Michilimackinac at the beginning of the war. You’ll get to fire a replica flintlock Northwest trade musket, and be ready to join the Fencibles!
You must be at least 16 years old; youth between the ages of 16-18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. You must wear closed-toe shoes and long pants. Experience is weather and staffing dependent.
Schedule: Daily June-August, 1:30 pm and 3 :30 pm
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Flintlock Musket Firing Demonstration
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Location(s): Fort St. Joseph National Historic SiteCost: Included with admissionWheelchair Accessible
Come experience the flash and ‘bang’ of a flintlock musket as interpreters tell you about its importance to the people of historic Fort St. Joseph. The British military, civilians, and Indigenous peoples all relied upon the flintlock musket to some degree, and it was an important item in the fur trade. Learn about how flintlocks functioned, the care required in their use, and the role they played at Fort St. Joseph.
Schedule: Weds-Sat, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
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