The group realized the toll of a nomadic lifestyle. They embark on a long canoe trip. The relentless lifestyle of those who travelled these historical trade routs before them sinks in with each paddle. They apply the skills they have learned form Elder Charlie to set up camp and learn how to make a traditional fish net from jute twine. SENSITIVE - PREVIEWING RECOMMENDED.

Merchants of the Wild is a vivid reconnection to the land as six Indigenous women and men relive what survival was like on a fur trade expedition across the length and breadth of Northern Cree and Ojibway territories. Travelling in birch bark canoes, the brave group are taught by Elders and Knowledge Keepers, learning to make tools and use skills passed on orally through generations. These teachings are essential to their survival, as they take to the land with no modern technology on a 25-day voyage that will leave them forever changed.