These photos take you back to Cree life in the western James Bay area at the time of Treaty No. 9. They are from the huge collection at the Archives Deschâtelets at St. Paul University, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. If you are a young James Bay Cree, you might see your great-grandparents when they were your age.
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.