- RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1000-UL_1000_0001
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- 1925 or 1926
View of the S.S. Baychimo, which was used by the Hudson's Bay Company to trade provisions for fur pelts with the Inuit people.
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View of the S.S. Baychimo, which was used by the Hudson's Bay Company to trade provisions for fur pelts with the Inuit people.
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View of ships and drying racks along the coastline.
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View of an Inuit house with a man standing outside of it.
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Image of an Inuit man.
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Image of an Inuit woman.
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Image of an Inuit woman.
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Image of a Inuit family standing outside of a tupiq. Esquimaux refers to the French word for Eskimo. Caption on photograph reads, "The man hold in his hand what is called a snow knife made from a file, used to cut block of snow in making snow huts."
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Image of two Inuit men in kayaks. Caption on the photograph reads, "The kayak is made of seal skin, and is about 16 feet long, with only sufficient room for one man."
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Caption on photograph reads, "The river here is only about one third its usual width, but is 360 ft. deep. It is forced between two great perpendicular stretches of sand stone rock from 180 to 300 feet high and continues so for about one mile when it again widens out."
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Loading the boats again after making the third portage, Slave River
Image of a group of Tlicho men loading a boat with bags of flour. The Tlicho people are a part of the Dene First Nations. Caption on photograph reads, "Flour here is worth $10 a hundred lbs."
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One of the pretty sports on Slave River
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People and horses standing in a field with buildings in the background.
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H.B.C. Post, R.C.M.P. Post, Baillie Island
View of the Hudson's Bay Company post and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police post on Baillie Island.
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The Northwest Territories 1933
Booklet with information related to various aspects of life in the Northwest Territories produced by the Department of the Interior.
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[The Midnight Sun and Coming in from the North]
A photo collage made up of two photographs taken by C.W. Mathers with decorative border around them. The top image is titled "The Midnight Sun" with the caption that it was taken 2000 miles North of Edmonton. The bottom image is titled "Coming in from the North".
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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."
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View of a house owned by the Hudson's Bay Company on Bernard Harbour.
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Image of an Inuit man.
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R.C.M.P. Police Post, Tree River
View of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police post in Tree River.
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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."
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Indians portaging a 5o ft. scow or boat on the Mantaise Portage
Image of a group of Tlicho men portaging a boat. The Tlicho people are a part of the Dene First Nations. Caption on photograph reads, "Goods and boats are portaged four times in 25 miles on account of the rapids on Slave River."
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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."
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View of the Hudson's Bay Company post on Tree River.
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A report about the Northwest Territories and the Yukon prepared by Major L.T. Burwash (L.T. standing for Lachlin Taylor, variously spelled Lachan and Lachlan). There are 142 typed pages plus appendices, photos, and maps. The photographs depict the local people and their practices, as well as some of Burwash, and the landscape. There is also a snapshot, a note about the book from a bookseller, a map of his travels, a pamphlet for the Northwest Territories 1933, and an obituary from the New York Times, tucked into the front. The book, text, and photographs, are all in very good condition.
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