The coureurs des bois were fur traders instrumental in the early days of New France. They assimilated with the local people, travelling far and wide to obtain furs and explore the lands of North America for the French crown. They learned the native languages and often married native women, and many of them went to play instrumental roles in the history of the region; a notable example being Radissons and de Groseillers, the coureurs des bois who founded the Hudson's Bay Company, ironically to the detriment of New France.

With the total collapse of society and loss of communication following the Event, it is once again up to the Québécois to organise the discovery of the lands of North America. Alphonse Ier's new initiative is inspired by the mythology of the coureurs des bois. By recycling the name, he hopes to reinforce his régime's administration with prelapsarian prestige. By recycling the idea, he hopes to create an effective tool for the eventual reconquest of his rightful lands in the Kingdom of Canada.

Alphonse's Coureur des Bois will be a new unit of the Canadian Army. The Coureurs will answer to him directly, but members will be levied from throughout the realm. The regiments will be mixed teams of surveyors, diplomats, and army scouts. Their mission will be to travel into unknown lands and extract any information that will be useful to the reestablishment of the Kingdom. They differ from regular army scouts in that they will not precede any specific army, but rather the movement of Canada itself.

Alphonse has had a coat of arms created for the unit. It represents Mercury running through the woods, supported by a pair of crossed rifles, crowned by the crown of the King of Canada. Their motto shall be "Ad Mari Usque Ad Mare", the motto of ancient Canada, referencing the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Saint Laurent.

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