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: An animal hide either moose or caribou stretched out on a frame made from pine, balsam or spruce trees. Hides were used for clothing such as moccasins, mitts and fur hats. Tags Summer, Skinning, ...

Description: The Beaver float plane was very popular and reliable in flying into remote communities to deliver mail, goods and passengers. Tags Summer, Plane, Moosonee

Description: Geese decoys usually made from mud, wood or sticks to imitate a group of wavies or geese feeding on shores. Hunting blinds where hunters sit to await the arrival of wavies or geese can be ...

Description: Goods arriving by freighter canoe that used a motor engine with propeller by the mid-1900s. As others look on, men unload and carry the goods up a steep bank. Tags Summer, Generic, Groups ...

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

Description: Scaffolding on the face of a building could be the construction of a new building at the Catholic mission to replace the one that was destroyed by a fire. Tags Summer, Construction, Hosp ...

Description: An old style house built from local logs sits alone in a clearing. Tags Summer, Old Style Houses

... 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: Men on small barge transporting bales across the river, likely at Fort Albany as the Catholic Church and residence was on an island. Tags Summer, Groups of People

Description: An outdoor prayer in the summer. Men on one side and women on the other side on their knees and pray as priests conduct prayers. Tags Summer, Groups of People, Marriage

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: Cree women in traditional shawls in front of a tent with a church in the background. Two babies are in tikinagans, a traditional Cree method of carrying very young babies to keep them warm ...

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: 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: Men load and board a low lying barge as a sailboat or schooner lies in the distance. Tags Summer, Man, Groups of People, Canoe, Sailboat, Small Vessel