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Two First Nations women at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

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A birch bark canoe, set on the shore at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

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A First Nations mother poses holding her child, who is wearing a peaked cap, slung on her back at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

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The Discovery Well at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. This view shows the well, affiliated building and flagpole.

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A First Nations man poses with a pipe in Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

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The oil refinery at the Discovery Well in Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

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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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Oil well at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

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Tents belonging to the Slavie First Nation at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

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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…
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