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21st Michigan Volunteer
Infantry
Civil War Encampment
The members of the 21st
participate in public discussions and demonstrations of living
history, military drills and marching, musket firing, and other
related public portrayals of historically accurate Civil War era
military and civilian lifestyles, period clothing, and
activities.
St. Claire Voyageurs
Les Coureurs de
Bois et Voyageurs de Ste. Claire
The voyageur group meets on the third Tuesday of
each month
at 7:00 p.m. in the Metro Beach Nature Center. The
purpose of this group is to learn about, teach, and experience the
rich history of the French and Indian Fur Trade Era.
Also, they portray the people of the Great Lakes Region known as the
Coureurs de Bois (Lovers of the Woods) and Voyageurs. They learn and
teach by exchanging information, dressing, canoeing, camping,
cooking, and craft working in the same
manner of these early
pioneers.
Colonial
Re-enactors.
French Colonial Troops known as "The Marines". The
Marines were found throughout the Colony of Canada, including the
post of Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit. These Marines were the
perminate garrison troops of Detroit from its founding by Antoine de
la Cadillac in 1701, until the capitulation of Montreal to the
British in 1760.
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