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Captain Myers of the steam wheeler "Slave River", leaning out the cabin window to smoke his pipe.

A portrait of Captain Bucey, at the helm of his steam wheeler, possibly the 'Distributor'.

A group photo of the Canadian Women's Press Club, taken at the CWPC Golden Jubilee in Toronto, 1954.

Left to right, standing: Kate Aitken; Miriam Green Ellis; Madeleine Levason;

Seated: Joan Duggan; Charlotte Whitton, Her Worship, Mayor of…

According to the Scout Memorabilia Collectors of Canada, this edition of the Canadian Scout Handbook was published in 1968. It is inscribed with the name of Cliff Lewis, who lived at 1813-17th St SW in Calgary in the early 1970s (Henderson’s…

The picturesque views featured in this souvenir book, along with the subtitle "The Switzerland of America," calls attention to the ways that European perspectives and conventions influenced representations of North American landscapes.

Published by the Canadian National Railways, this souvenir book promotes travel through the Canadian Rockies and Alaska with colourful pictures. The colours were likely printed in stages over the black-and-white image, as we can see gaps and overlaps…

Used as both a reference book and textbook in Alberta junior and senior high schools from 1940 to 1984 (“Alberta School”), the Canadian Cook Book, which started as a prescriptive textbook, eventually became a staple in Canadian households…

This 1935 diary features a cover portrait of Lord Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scouts in 1907 largely as a response to his experiences in the Boer War. Emphasizing wilderness survival, early scouting guides included tips on tracking,…