Description: As there were no roads leading north from Moosonee to Fort Albany and the other northern communities. Tractor trains were used to haul fuel, building materials and other goods to Fort Albany, ...

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: Cree women repairing or using white linen or sheets possibly to be used in the Mission hospitals. The Catholic and Anglican missions also treated Cree people that were sick and in need of ...

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: 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 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 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: 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 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 ...