Browse Items (40 total)

A crew of men wait on the river dock to go up the Clearwater River. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

A First Nations woman tending a camp cookpot at Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis photo album. The slide shows the delicate shading possible in the…

Five men packing gear into camp. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

Two men ploughing a field at Hay River, Northwest Territories, with harnessed dogs. There were no horses or similar draft animals so far North, making dogs particularly important as beasts of burden. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

A boat hanging in midair as it is navigated over a short waterfall. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

A man attempting to ford the Salt River on horseback. The horse has become stuck, the photograph capturing the animal's distress in the motion blur where it is tossing its head. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available…

The Fire Rangers' camp near Fort McMurray, Alberta. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

Portaging. Men walking along the riverbank pull the barge upstream. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

The Office of the Mining Recorder at Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

A portrait of a Fort Norman man, McCleary. Originally from Pittsburg, McCleary suffered from gangrene during a particularly long, hard and isolated winter and was forced to amputate his own toes with a jackknife. He survived alone for over four…