The brutal and unforgiving American frontier created a different kind of man. These explorers, fur trappers, guides, and frontiersmen led the American expansion in the first years of the 1800s.

Are fur trappers stuck in the past or a vital part ... Deja Tait, a 16-year-old trapper from Wabowden, Man., says trapping is a family activity, and that not many people from her community partake ...