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Description: Three men work outside in winter splitting logs for construction purposes. The logs are piled standing up against each other to prevent them from freezing to the ground in winter (right side ...
Description: A example of using horse power to pull a schooner or sailboat on logs up onto dry land before the winter freeze up of the rivers. Here the horse is tethered to a turn stall attached to 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.
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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: 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 tractor, possibly cows or dogs and two horses combine to pull large sleds of goods and supplies as the tractor train makes its way on the frozen river. A tent on one sled was used for overnight ...
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, ...
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: A winter tractor train stopped on the river ice. The tractor trains moved goods, trailers and other items between Moosonee and Moose Factory. These tractor trains also traveled days through ...
Description: The living quarters of a tractor train that traveled sometimes for days or a week in order to deliver goods from Moosonee to Fort Albany. A propane tank is strapped to the outside and used ...
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 ...
... and hunting skills to survive during the long winter months in Northern Ontario. Have your students read Chapter 1 of the Essay ("Who Are the Anishinaabe and Mushkegowuk Peoples?") and browse through the Deschatelets ...
... - Winter view of downtown Moosonee - Path of the Elders
Are you from the James Bay area? Do you recognize any of your ancestors?
Let us know what your favourite photos are!
Collette Jackson, ...
... Trapping game, the player must tend the family trap lines, sell pelts, and buy food for the Band to survive the winter. The player learns assertive bargaining skills and how to negotiate from a position ...
... (05/17/08)
Photograph of Moose Factory Island http://www.creeadventures.com/AUT_0166.JPG (05/17/08)
Photograph winter camp http://www.ourvoices.ca/images/winisk_wintercamp.jpg (05/17/08)
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... where we can live," they replied.
"There is a place down there," the Great Spider said, pointing down below him. "It is a vast land. In the winter, it snows and gets very cold. In the summer, it rains ...
... the experts who lived deep inland during the winter months, trapped and brought in many beaver pelts to the coastal posts during the summers. At first life was good for our peoples as trappers saw the ...
