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Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs
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Trading with the Esquimaux

Image of an Inuit family who is trading with an unidentified man. Caption on photograph reads, "Observe the stone ornaments the man has in his lips, they are inserted from the inside, a shoulder preventing it from coming all the way through."

Mathers, C. W.

Fort McPherson

View of Fort McPherson as well as a Inuit tupiq. Caption on photograph reads, "The Most Northerly Post of the H.B. Co. It is on Peels Rive, within the Arctic Circle, 2000 miles north of Edmonton, the midnight sun shines here for about two weeks. The Esquimaux quite frequently come as far south and McPherson to trade."

Mathers, C. W.

Indians running a boat through the rapids on the second portage, Slave River

Image of a group of Tlicho men running a boat through rapids on the Slave River. The Tlicho people are a part of the Dene First Nations. Caption on photograph reads, "The boats are run in the channels of the river thereby avoiding the heavier swells in the main part of the river, which is a mile wide and almost impossible to run a boat through."

Mathers, C. W.

A 50 foot scow shooting a rapid

Image of a group of Tlicho men running a boat through rapids on the Slave River. The Tlicho people are a part of the Dene First Nations. Caption on photograph reads, "See previous picture." The photograph previous to this one in the album also shows a group of Tlicho men running a boat through the rapids with the caption, "The boats are run in the channels of the river thereby avoiding the heavier swells in the main part of the river, which is a mile wide and almost impossible to run a boat through."

Mathers, C. W.

Grand rapids, Athabasca River

Image of unidentified First Nations men preparing to portage a boat hauling supplies on the Athabasca River. Caption on photograph reads, "The photo shows the H.B. Co's. fur boats landing at the foot of the rapid preparatory to making the portage, 265 north of Edmonton."

Mathers, C. W.

A Moose and Teepee

Image of a moose standing next to a tipi. The caption on the photograph reads, "The moose is not much used being too difficult to train. Dogs are used now exclusively instead."

Mathers, C. W.

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