The Society of Les Voyageurs is a co-ed fraternal outdoors society at the University of Michigan and one of the oldest university outing clubs in the United States.[1] Founded in 1907, the Society of Les Voyageurs is the second oldest student group on the University of Michigan campus.[2]
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The Society of Les Voyageurs was founded in 1907 by University of Michigan students Elmer "Lindy" Lehndorff, Lawrence "Larry" Lark, and Chester MacChesney. They named the Society after the pioneering French-Canadian voyageurs of the Great Lakes fur trade whom they admired as early outdoorsmen.
After nearly two decades of renting space on the University of Michigan campus, the Society drew up plans in 1924 to construct a permanent cabin in Ann Arbor. Completed the following year, Pine Lodge has continually served as the home for the Society as well as a residence for student members. The Society has published an annual yearbook since 1910 as well as several volumes of Society history.