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Harwood Steele sketch of a fight

Title page from Forty Years in Canada, second issue, 1918

Sketch of the NWMP barracks by Roger Pocock. From 1885-1886 Scrapbooks.

Two steam wheelers that travelled the rivers of Northern Alberta, the A & A Company's 'Slave River' and the H. B. Company's 'Athabasca River'. Both vessels are named for actual rivers.

The Northern Trading Co's steam wheeler 'Trader', pictured at 11:30 at night with the sun only just going down. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

A steam wheeler travelling the Clearwater River, as seen from the bank.

"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…

"Doc" Griffin, a steam wheeler cook, posing with fresh fish (though not trout as the caption suggests). According to Miriam Green Ellis, he had started a medical degree and left it for the river life. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured,…

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'…

The steam wheeler 'Slave River', taking on cords of wood for fuel. The vessel is open to show the fuel storage hold.