Yukon team: Donald Watt, Michael Lane and Gisli Balzer are carving a snow sculpture at the Quebec Winter Carnaval (2008).

"Loup Garou"
When Champlain arrived in North America, he had to deal not only with the strange peoples but with their legends as well. One of these legends was the Loup Garou.

Loup-Garou, the werewolf, is known but less widespread in French Canadian Folklore than in Europe. The Loup-Garou is not always a wolf or dog, but may also take the form of a calf or small ox, a pig, a cat or even an owl.