Tractor Train to Peawanuk by George Quachegan

Description: A popular form of winter transportation in the James Bay region from 1950s to 1970s. The Churches, the hospital, Indian Affairs and the RCMP all used these snowmobiles to transport people, ...

Description: In the 1960-70s, Canada established distant early warning radar bases all over the north in anticipation of potential missile attacks over the Arctic. Moosonee was the location of one such ...

Description: A snowmobile with a large, hauling sled that was most likely delivering goods from Moosonee to the coastal communities in James Bay. Trips sometimes may take a day or more depending on the ...

Description: An earlier 1940s version of the snowmobile on the Moose River at Moosonee and Moose Factory. Tags Winter, Man, European, Snowmobile, Moosonee

Description: Moosonee in the winter during the 1950s. A snowmobile on the main street was used in Moosonee and Moose Factory to haul goods or passengers. The snowmobile was part tractor and vehicle that ...

Description: Hunters or trappers at a cabin. A wooden box sled on the right was used to transport goods, people and pulled by the introduction snowmobiles. Snowmobiles began to replace the dog team and ...

Description: Two tractors moving a house on skids during winter. The river ice usually froze well beyond a thickness to allow it to withstand any cracking or breaking. Tags Winter, Snowmobile, Old Style ...

Description: A sailboat during winter being hauled over the ice by a tractor as a snowmobiler looks on. Sailboats, schooners and tugboats were often stored at Moosonee on land for the winter months. Tags ...

Description: A snowmobile stuck and buried in deep snow as two men dig out the machine. Snowmobiles, regardless of their size or strength, still occasionally became bogged down in the deep snow of the ...

Description: A rear view of an early snowmobile that appears to be damaged. A propeller on the rear end of the vehicle seems to be the source of its mobility. Tags Winter, Snowmobile

Description: An early 1900s example of a snowmobile on skis with a small interior on the frozen river. Later versions of the snowmobile employed skis only at the front end and rubber wheels within steel ...

... children watching a movie - Path of the Elders The Deschatelets Archive photo collection - 1900s example of a snowmobile on skis - Path of the Elders The Deschatelets Archive photo collection ...