$330.00

Here’s a handcrafted bag, well equipped for most any intrepid adventure. The crossover design works great for an outdoor lifestyle that requires travel luggage, trips across town for meetings, as well as a backpack for hauling adventure gear out and back again. Hard working French Voyageurs roamed the canoe country of the North American continent for years before America’s westward expansion. “Voyageur” is the French word for traveler, and this bag is one very versatile traveler!
Voyageur Backpack BriefVoyageur Backpack Luggage
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Description

Convertible between backpack, luggage, and briefcase, the stowable backstraps tuck out of the way for carrying with the sturdy web handles or optional web shoulder strap, yet they’re ready in moment when you need your hands free. Just break out the contoured, padded backstraps and use the bag as a pack. A pair of D-rings are there to add a shoulder strap (not included, but available here) for even more options. The trio of possibilities creates a veritable “hat trick” of carry options! Plenty of pockets inside and out offer compartments to keep your stuff where it belongs. The large zip pocket on the front sports an organizing panel inside for keeping travel documents, gadgets, and a newspaper or magazine ready in a flash. Inside, a full length padded zip sleeve offers a spot for a laptop. Our new XP Snap Grid is compatible with our XP Accessory Bags, providing storage for smaller objects in a pocket sized to your liking. The grid lets you add the optional Accessory Bags in backpack or briefcase orientation. The heavy duty full zipper hugs the back of the pack to allow easy access to the padded sleeve whether in pack or brief mode. The #10 zipper goes three quarters of the way around the bag allowing it to open almost flat so you can easily get to or pack your gear. Waxed canvas construction keeps the weather out, sheds dirt, debris, and stains, and will last for years. We build them and guarantee ‘em, in Duluth, Minnesota. Voyageur Backpacks come in two sizes, and both are carry on compliant for airline travel. The Backpack Brief is a little smaller, the Backpack Luggage, a little larger. Available in Heritage Black as well as Field Tan, the Voyageur Brief lets you choose which environment to blend in with, and which you'd like to carry with you. 


Features & Specifications

SPECIFICATIONS:

STYLE:
No.876- Voyageur Backpack Brief
No.877- Voyageur Backpack Luggage
No.876-N Voyageur Backpack Brief Heritage Black

SIZE / VOLUME:
Backpack Brief. 12.5in W x 19in H x 5in D (19.47 L approx volume)
Backpack Luggage. 14.5in W x 21in H x 7in D (34.94 L approx volume)

WEIGHT: Backpack Brief. 3.45 lbs., Backpack Luggage. 4.1 lbs

POCKETS: Exterior slip with zip and organizing panel, interior padded sleeve with zip, exterior slip for shoulder straps

CLOSURE: Heavy Duty #10 Zipper with extra wide zip opening

SHOULDER STRAPS: Stowable contoured padded shoulder straps with daisy chain attachment points, additional shoulder strap available but not included

HANDLES: 1.5in cotton web handles with leather handle keeper

LASH / ATTACHMENT POINTS: 6 bridle leather lash squares (2 on left, right and bottom), Interior XP snaps, 1in cotton web daisy chain, D-rings for shoulder strap (strap sold separately)

BASE: Canvas Double bottom

MATERIALS: 18 oz. Waxed canvas on body, 10.10oz waxed canvas on padded sleeve, #9 and #10 Coil Zippers, Solid brass d-rings, sliders, clips, and snaps

Sustainability

When you invest in a Frost River made-in-the USA item, you’re not just getting gear that’s handcrafted and locally-made, you’re getting a piece made with intent. 
  • Lifetime Guarantee and robust repair program to keep your Frost River gear going for years to come.
  • Premium Materials sourced from businesses that have sustainability in mind.
  • Solar-Powered Manufacturing facility allowing us to craft Frost River goods with clean, renewable energy.
  • Investments in Technology that ensure the highest yield of our materials is consumed.
  • Made in USA

  • 30 - Day return

  • Secured payment

  • Quality Assurance

We've got your back

  • Made In USA

    Duluth, Minnesota

  • Lifetime Guarantee

    Build to Last

  • Handcrafted

    Heritage Goods

  • Premium Materials

    Raw Reliability

Here's a pack you'll enjoy for decades to come. Here’s a hard working and stylish way to add more versatility to your load. A bag built to keep up with you and your equipment no matter if on the road, in the air, down the trail, or just rambling about. Intrepid Voyageurs know to keep as many options open as possible when out and about, our backpack luggage is ready to hold all sorts of stuff and let you carry it however you please. Happy Travels!

SPECIFICATIONS:

STYLE:
No.876- Voyageur Backpack Brief
No.877- Voyageur Backpack Luggage
No.876-N Voyageur Backpack Brief Heritage Black

SIZE / VOLUME:
Backpack Brief. 12.5in W x 19in H x 5in D (19.47 L approx volume)
Backpack Luggage. 14.5in W x 21in H x 7in D (34.94 L approx volume)

WEIGHT: Backpack Brief. 3.45 lbs., Backpack Luggage. 4.1 lbs

POCKETS: Exterior slip with zip and organizing panel, interior padded sleeve with zip, exterior slip for shoulder straps

CLOSURE: Heavy Duty #10 Zipper with extra wide zip opening

SHOULDER STRAPS: Stowable contoured padded shoulder straps with daisy chain attachment points, additional shoulder strap available but not included

HANDLES: 1.5in cotton web handles with leather handle keeper

LASH / ATTACHMENT POINTS: 6 bridle leather lash squares (2 on left, right and bottom), Interior XP snaps, 1in cotton web daisy chain, D-rings for shoulder strap (strap sold separately)

BASE: Canvas Double bottom

MATERIALS: 18 oz. Waxed canvas on body, 10.10oz waxed canvas on padded sleeve, #9 and #10 Coil Zippers, Solid brass d-rings, sliders, clips, and snaps

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CUSTOMER Reviews


Customer Reviews

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Jeff Chapman
Unbelievably Pleased

When I say I did a ton of research on the bags I was about to buy, that's a major understatement. I read reviews, watched videos and asked real people their takes on bags for weeks one end. My wife was starting to think I'd lost my mind. I've recently subscribed to the buy it for life philosophy where possible and this seemed like a great way to do it. I was shopping for a bulletproof duffle bag and backpack for work/fun trips. I travel about half the year for work recently plus I'm a rather large fella so I needed something tough and spacious. I finally decided on the voyageur backpack and the laurentian luggage duffle. They're both absolutely incredible. They look great on the website but when you actually hold them in your hands you feel how tough the waxed canvas is, how chunky and sturdy the zippers are and also how spacious they are. I've already travelled twice with them since my purchase and they look the same as when I opened the box they came in.

My only complaint if I had one was the organization in the voyageur. I bought it primarily as a backpack so I find the strap in the front pouch doesn't hold things very well. Were I to use it as a briefcase instead I'm sure they would be great but it is a bit strange that a bag touted as being able to be carried 3 ways isn't a bit more thoughtful with it's organization when in one of the advertised carry modes.

Beyond that both are incredible pieces that I can imagine myself owning for years to come. 9.5/10

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Tauna M Powell
Great product - Highly recommend

Really like that this luggage will be appreciated by me as well as my heirs - it is incredibly well made and tough. I spent a month in Hungary and Scotland and this is the only luggage i took with me. I was concerned it would be too large for some smaller air carriers, but it was well accepted and even fit under the seat in aisle seats. Although i bought the shoulder strap, I ended up not using it, but always the backpack straps which came in handy when having to run through two airports for considerable distance. Thanks for a great product and now shopping for a handbag.

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Kk
Classic

A generational purchase

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Kyle Bigart
Great Computer Backpack

I have the Itinerant dayback that I use as my computer bag, however, I recently got a laptop that is more 'workstation' and is quite larger than normal, so I needed a larger pack. I was inbetween the small size (what I got) and the larger size.
My computer case it helps anyone is "ThinkPad P17 Gen 2 Intel (17") - Mobile Workstation - 20YU002SUS". It barely fits in the zipper --- like literally no 1/8" more in any direction would allow the pack to zip up. It BARELY fits. Therefore, if you are trying to figure out whether your larger computer will fit, just look up my laptop size and know its quite literally the max.
Other than that its got a decent amount of room in the pack for other stuff. With my laptop in it there really isn't enough room for too much clothes or anything unless you are traveling during spring or traveling very light. I was going to get the larger pack so my computer + clothes could stay in one pack and I could just have 'one bag' for overnight trips, but instead I decided to use my normal overnight back separately which works well for this. I keep my computer + books + cord + headphones + tablet etc (basically any electronics in it).
Quality is just as good as it always is. The only gripe I have with Frost River is there is no free shipping on products that cost this much. And free exchanges should happen too (for store credit/different sizes/etc.

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Martin
High quality backpack

High and strong frostriver backpack. I had another backpack from this firm and highly recommend it. Greetings from Paris