SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. "The Riverboys and the Fur Traders", presented in two parts, is the story of a river journey made in 1971 by the First Fort George Sco;ut Troop. The scouts were retracing the route followed by Simon Fraser in 1806, and (in part) by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793 -- from McLeod Lake to the Fraser via the Parsnip, Pack and McGregor Rivers;. The program combines excerpts from the journals of Mackenzie and Fraser with recordings made by Imbert Orchard during the course of the scouts' journey. The program also juxtaposes sounds from a var;iety of sources. Roy Brinson is heard as the voice of Simon Fraser, and Robert Clothier as Alexander Mackenzie.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-?] SUMMARY: Herbert Bilton discusses his arrival in the Finlay-Parsnip country; washing gold; trapping; freighting for the HBC; trading posts; fur trade; travelling by boat on the Crooked River and Pack River. Story about hunting caribou at 30 below; he froze his toes and had amputate them himself. More on fur trade and trading posts. [Note: This summary is based on a fragmentary and incomplete outline in the file.]

Program elements (narration, actualities, "text", etc.) for Imbert Orchard's two-part CBC radio documentary. "The Riverboys and the Fur Traders" is the story of a river journey made in 1971 by the First Fort George Scout Troop. The scouts were retracing the route followed by Simon Fraser in 1806, and (in part) by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793 -- from McLeod Lake to the Fraser via the Parsnip, Pack and McGregor Rivers.