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Major Burwash, arctic explorer, poses with Ethel and Mrs. Gooch in the woods near Wrigley, Northwest Territories.

Miriam Green Ellis, swimming in the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories. She swam at every opportunity along the journey.

A barge, stripped of its hide hull, sits on the river bank at Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories. Hides for trade were often used as boat hulls, acting as both cargo and transportation.

"Doc" Griffin, a steam wheeler cook, holds two fish caught near the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. The fish are incorrectly identified as trout in the caption. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured…

A horse and rider, stuck in the soft mud of the riverbank in an attempt to ford the Salt River in the Northwest Territories. The photo captures the motion blur where the distressed horse is thrashing its head. This image is also represented among…

Miriam Green Ellis in a canoe crossing the Salt River in the Northwest Territories. This makeshift 'ferry' was pressed into service when fording the river by horse proved risky due to the soft mud of the bank. A coloured version of this image appears…

The mission cache at Salt Springs in the Northwest Territories.

Miriam Green Ellis, nursing blistered feet in camp at Salt Spring in the Northwest Territories.

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

The Salt Springs Patrol, in the Northwest Territories. Miriam Green Ellis rides with them, mounted on the leftmost horse. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.