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Modified photograph of Mrs. Conibear, trader and entrepreneur, holding a moosehide 'tea bag' in front of her Fort Smith home. From the accompanying text:

'Mrs Connibear in front of her house at Fort Smith. It is probably the only house in the…

A map detailing Miriam Green Ellis' route to Aklavik, created by the University of Alberta Press to accompany Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis - Pioneer Journalist of the Canadian West (ed. Patricia Demers).

A skin boat on the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories. The skins would be removed for sale at its destination.

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

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.

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.

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

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

The mission cache at Salt Springs in the Northwest Territories.

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…