Description: Two examples of the type of vessels used between Moosonee, Moose Factory, Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat. Here a barge and schooner lay side by side. Tags Summer, Ship, Sailb ...

Description: Cree men and a small barge with a deep body rests on the shoreline amidst loading or unloading of wooden crates and barrels. Tags Summer, Generic, Man, Groups of People, 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: Two small canoes and one large canoe with Cree people or possibly a family going to fish or hunt. Tags Summer, Groups of People, Canoe, Small Vessel

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: A small sailboat or schooner with a dwelling cover suggesting cooking and sleeping area for overnight anchoring while on extended trips to the communities or when bad weather impeded travel. Tags ...

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 or schooner being pulled ashore by a tractor in Moosonee. Moosonee was the main depot for goods, material and other items arriving by train to be transferred to sailboat, schooner ...

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: An engine powered schooner with passengers either arriving from the open waters of James Bay or making its way out to the mouth of the Bay. Tags Summer, Groups of People, Sailboat, Mooso ...

Description: A side view of a Catholic Church in one of the James Bay communities, possibly Moosonee. Various buildings in foreground could be the mission school or hospital run by the Catholic Church. Tags ...

... enclosed grounds of a backyard, church mission or a HBC fort. Cree people often set up their teepees either near the Church or HBC compounds. Tags Summer, Groups of People, Man, Tikinagans, European, ...

Description: Four Cree men appear to pull in a small beluga or seal. Two men secure the object while the other two paddle and steady the canoe from tipping over. Tags Summer, fishing, Man, Canoe, Fi ...