Description: Numerous Cree men, some standing as others sit, aboard a low lying barge used to transport goods and passengers. Tags Summer, Groups of People, European, Small Vessel

Description: Two non-Cree and a Cree aboard a vessel traveling the James Bay or up stream on the rivers leading to the communities. Tags Fall, Man, European, Small Vessel

Description: Another important water vessel used in James Bay. Here a barge transports cows to shore for use at the missions. Tags Summer, Generic, Man, Groups of People, European, Sailboat, Cow

Description: Evidence that Cree men may not have been just labourers or deck hands aboard sailboats or schooners. In this photo, a Cree man intently concentrates while steering a vessel. Tags Summer, ...

Description: Cree labourers using a boom and crane to load drums of fuel gas or diesel to be delivered to the coastal communities. Tags Summer, Generic, Man, European, Sailboat

Description: An unidentified person viewing a model of a schooner that likely worked the James Bay. Tags Man, European, Sailboat

Description: Cree men and a non-Cree in front of a schooner. These men likely worked together on the James Bay vessels traveling up and down the Cree communities. Tags Fall, Man, Groups of People, European, ...

Description: A non-Cree and Cree person share smiles and pose for a photo in front a schooner or sailboat. The Cree person likely worked on the vessel or assisted in repairs to it. Tags Summer, Man, ...

Description: A Cree man straddles the side of a schooner or sailboat with a float plane at the Austin Airways dock in Moosonee. Not much is known to what extent Cree men became "sailors" and learned the ...

Description: A sailboat being pulled out of the water either for repairs or for the impending winter freeze up of the Moose River at Moosonee. Tags Fall, Generic, Man, European, Tractor, Sailboat

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: An unidentified non-Cree on a schooner, possibly a visiting tourist, hunter or missionary on his way to northern communities. Tags Summer, Man, European, Ship

Description: A non-Cree skipper or captain of schooner that traveled James Bay with Cree workers that were very valuable as deck hands, maintenance helpers, translators and labourers for loading and unloading ...

Description: A schooner onshore as men place a plank on its side to unload or load goods into it. Tags Summer, Generic, Man, Groups of People, European, Sailboat

Description: A captain, skipper or schooner boss looks on while workers move a schooner to shore using logs as rollers. TAGS Summer, Generic, Man, Groups of People, European, Sailboat

Description: Men moving a schooner out of the water, possibly for repairs, or storing the vessel for the winter. Boats, sailboats and schooners were raised on log frames to avoid them freezing to the ...

Description: A schooner with a load of containers most likely propane tanks or oxygen tanks used for cooking or hospital supplies. Tags Summer, Man, European, Sailboat

Description: Three non-Cree stand in front of the tractor sled train and a dome shaped canvas tent with a stove pipe protruding from the top. Stopping for the night on the open, frozen river or Bay ice ...

... cold. Another advantage of moccasins was their very light quality, unlike heavy rubber snow boots. Wearing moccasins made working outside and moving around easier. Tags Winter, Man, European, Tract ...

Description: A man in the winter snow leading a cow and sled with a load of logs either used for fire wood, cooking or building material. In the background, possibly a Cree man, his snowshoes in the snow, ...