Article on the geographic origins of French Canadian and American folklore lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. Traces research that relates the character to one "Tit Jean" or "Bon Jean" of French Canadian lore, and to his predominant occurrence in tales around lumber camps of the United States Midwest.
Observations on the folklore around Joe Montferrand (Muffraw), "[Paul] Bunyan's sometimes cook and occasional opponent," whose famed lumbering strength originated in Québec lore, and whose stories moved - along with French Canadians - to New England, Minnesota, and Michigan by the late nineteenth century.
