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Long ago the land we know as Canada was empty. People lived in another land, up yonder. An unseen voice asked a man and a woman, if they would like to go to this another land down below. They agreed ...
Long ago the land we know as Canada was empty. People lived in another land, up yonder. An unseen voice asked a man and a woman, if they would like to go to this another land down below. They agreed ...
... the people he meets with his grandmother's tools until finally finding his way home to his mother. He discovered, however, that his mother was living idly because his father had found another woman and ...
Description: Father Bilodeau and Catholic sisters in Moose Factory. Likely arriving from Moosonee or preparing to cross from Moose Factory to Moosonee.
Tags Summer, Woman, Groups of People, Man, Canoe, ...
Description: Unidentified Cree couple sitting in front of traditional winter dwelling known as an Askiigan. The walls were made out birch or spruce logs and filled with moss to keep in the warmth. The ...
Description: A Catholic priest with a group of children. Most likely in either Moosonee or Moose Factory. Both communities had a Catholic Church.
Tags Spring Ice Break, Groups of People, Man, Woman, ...
Description: The Hudson's Bay Company compound that comprised a main store and staff house that accommodated store personnel. The grounds usually were very well manicured and maintained.
Tags Summer, ...
Description: An important mode of transportation using huskies and sleighs in Moose Factory, ON that is largely forgotten.
Tags Winter, Woman, Man, Children, Groups of People, Family, European, DogSleigh, ...
Description: A summer scene near the hospital in Moose Factory. The building in the back was one of a number of residences for hospital personnel such as doctors and nurses who came from southern cities ...
Description: A Cree woman in traditional shawl leaves the teepee with a child during the winter.
Tags Winter, Woman, Family, Boy, Shawls, Traditional, Teepees, Everyday Life, Moose Factory
Description: Three young Cree women. Possibly visiting a local teacher, priest, store manager or doctor in Moose Factory, ON.
Tags Winter, Boy, Woman, Man, European, Moose Factory
Description: An example of life in Moose Factory most likely mid 1900s. The woman was probably gathering snow and going about her daily tasks of cooking and cleaning.
Tags Winter, Woman, Man, Groups ...
Description: Two women walk the dirt roads of downtown Moosonee.
Tags Fall, Woman, European, Village, Modern Houses, Moosonee
Description: A Cree woman and non-Cree, perhaps sharing bannock with each other.
Tags Summer, Farming, Woman, European, Moosonee
Description: A group of Cree adults and children during the early 1900s. The woman wears a traditional shawl worn by Cree women during this early period.
Tags Family, European, Moosonee
Description: A Cree family at their winter teepee camp. A shove pipe can be seen at the top of the teepee. The woman and the girls wear the traditional shawl wrapped around their heads. A baby is secured ...
Description: Women gathered in a field in front of the local Church as two young female Cree girls eat bannock and drink tea in the foreground.
Tags Summer, Woman, Tikinagans, Children, Groups of People, ...
Description: A float plane anchored by the shore to either take on or unload passengers or goods.
Tags Summer, Man, Woman, European, Plane, Moosonee
Description: Sled dogs taking a rest with two people.
Tags Winter, Man, Woman, European, Dog Sleigh, Moosonee
Description: A Christmas parade in downtown Moosonee.
Tags Winter, Woman, Man, Children, Groups of People, Family, European, Traditional, Celebrations, Moosonee
