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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pickin and Grinin, post: 8252593, member: 73995&quot;]Historic Trans Canada Canoe Route.</p><p>White metal, possible silver.</p><p>27.2 grams</p><p>Slightly larger than a silver dollar.</p><p>I found others on the internet.</p><p>Most references say they were only made in copper.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454127[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454128[/ATTACH]</p><p>I never fully understood the meaning behind the Canoe and two paddlers until I looked this medal up.&nbsp; </p><p>The Trans Canada Canoe Route, used by th early explorers of Canada, was simply a route of waterways, using rivers to jump from lake to lake. Starting in Lake Winnepeg and the Hudson Bay, and ending in Lake Superior and Lake Huron, actually the N Georgian Bay. The above medal represents the Route that travelled from Lake Nipissing to Lake Huron by way of the French River.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cac980bb914492c3832c5ac/1574428297652-O66WBIYIO0H2FPGFB8Z1/frenchriver.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://albinger.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/frances-hopkins-shooting-the-rapids.jpg?w=640" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Travel went both ways, up river and down river often going thru steep canyons and heavy rapids. </p><p>Below is the Western part of the trade route, up to Lake Winnepeg.</p><p><img src="https://albinger.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/fur-trade-route-montreal-to-northern-alberta.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It has been nearly impossible to find anything about Canadien Art Dies Ltd.</p><p>I found a small mention of them, but it was small. Pretty much said that only a few Canadien Medal producers ever received the status to stay in business long enough to gain notoriety. </p><p>I did find a few Medals and good for tokens made by them,</p><p>Here is one of them below.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/images/184/5c7f318f65002.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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