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The Northern Trading Co's steamwheeler "Trader", photographed on the Mackenzie River below Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories, under the Midnight Sun at 11:30pm. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis'…

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The steam wheeler 'Slave River', taking on cords of wood for fuel. The vessel is open to show the fuel storage hold.

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The steam wheeler "Slave River" waits for the wind to ease near Fort Chipewyan, Alberta.

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The steam wheeler "Distributor", owned by the Alberta & Arctic Co.

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Miriam Green Ellis takes a stealthy photo of a fellow traveller at camp in Salt Springs in the Northwest Territories.

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This attractive brochure emphasized the CPR’s three-million–acre irrigation block, located east of Calgary. Begun in the 1890s during a period of dry years, the scheme involved a series of canals that brought water to farms in the region,…

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Acquired in recognition of Lorne Gladu
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