Description: A railway car being pulled by sled dogs in the summer. Most likely used for travel between Cochrane and Moosonee. Tags Summer, Man, Groups of People, European, Railway Sled Dogs, Mooson ...

Description: Men sawing logs in the background as one man in the foreground chops at a tree to remove it for building material. Tags Winter, Cutting Wood, Man, Groups of People, European

Description: Men working with logs either squaring or stripping the bark off by axe to be further sawed into straight boards used in construction of buildings and houses. Tags Summer, logging, Man, European ...

Description: Men in the river moving logs to be used in making construction material for buildings and houses. Tags Summer, logging, Man, Groups of People, European

... discipline and respect for the missionaries, many Christian missions would not have survived or developed to extent that they did. Tags Summer, Construction, Tikinagans, Man, Groups of People, European ...

Description: A worker with a hand saw cutting boards for the construction of a building in the background. In the early days, all cutting of boards was done by hand. Tags Summer, Construction, Man, European ...

Description: A fire destroys what appears to be the Catholic school or residence in Fort Albany during the 1900s. Tags Man, European, Fire

Description: A young girl in residential school, likely in Fort Albany, eats fry bread. Tags Girl, Children, European

Description: An adult and young boy play checkers on a board beside a teepee. Checkers was a popular game played by all Crees on the coastal communities. Tags Man, Children, European, Teepee

Description: A Cree man sands down an object using an electric sanding stone. Many Cree learned construction skills and shop skills through the early, mid-1900s and later working with missions and Indian ...

Description: Cree men working around a construction site. Due to the isolation of communities in the north, many contraptions were modified to help with lifting material, cutting logs and other tasks. ...

Description: A man operating a mechanical saw used to make boards and planks for building material. Tags Summer, Construction, Man, European

Description: A man with a cow with harness pulling a cart full of wood used in the missions for fire wood and cooking. In the background, other cows follow and cross a small bridge. Tags Summer, Farming, ...

Description: A Cree man with two cows used for mission farm work such as hauling logs, freight, and other goods as well as tilling the soil. Many Cree learned how to bale hay, feed cows and care for the ...

Description: The Catholic Missions employed farm animals such as cows for work and many Cree residential students who had never seen these strange animals before eventually became accustomed to cows and ...

Description: A non-Cree person in a greenhouse tending to plants or vegetable seedlings. Tags Farming, Man, European

Description: Young Cree women, boys and girls in front of tent. One young boy holds a bow and arrow no longer used by Cree people with the introduction of the gun. By the early 1900s, most boys owned ...

Description: Cree women repairing or using white linen or sheets possibly to be used in the Mission hospitals. The Catholic and Anglican missions also treated Cree people that were sick and in need of ...

Description: A non-Cree person working on heavy construction equipment while a Cree young man assists. Tags Construction, Man, European

Description: A Cree family traveling by canoe along the coast of James Bay. Two Cree women in traditional shawls sit in the front. Sometimes a sail was erected in the canoe using a pole and tarp to use ...