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A crew of men tow logs behind a rowboat, for use by a steam wheeler.

A portrait of Sister St. Rose, the Mother Superior of the Catholic mission at Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

The boys' dormitory of the Catholic mission at Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories.

First Nations boys, pictured in the meal hall of the Catholic mission at Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories.

The exterior of the Catholic Mission at Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, as seen from outside the fence.

The community of Fort Resolution, as seen from the deck of a steam wheeler. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

Miriam Green Ellis, pictured in a field of fall rye on Mr. Card's farm at Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

A rug pieced together from seal and polar bear fur, made by an Inuit craftsperson.

Mrs. Conibear, trader and entrepreneur, posing in front of her Fort Smith home with a bag made from the a moose fetus' hide by an Inuit craftsperson. 'Tea bags' like this were used much like a market bag. This image is also represented among Miriam…

B. Beuer, the Manager of the Union Bank of Canada in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, pictured inside the bank.