Hudson Bay Company employees at Waterways, Alberta on a picnic to Tar Island Shipyard. Probably taken in 1928. Prof. Emrys Jones donated a large collection of early northern photographs to the Institute for Northern Studies, University of Saskatchewan, in 1968.
Note in file: "Dog trains leaving Fort McMurray, Alta. [ca. 1927] for Fort Chipewyan - 200 miles." Loaned to the National Archives of Canada PA-45043; was returned to the University of Saskatchewan Archives. Prof. Emrys Jones donated a large collection of early northern photographs to the Institute for Northern Studies, University of Saskatchewan, in 1968.
Carrie Eggen sitting on a barrel, possibly in Waterways, Alberta; probably taken in 1928. Prof. Emrys Jones donated a large collection of early northern photographs to the Institute for Northern Studies in 1968.
Note on back: "Ice piles on the Athabasca (River). The location was between Fort McMurray and Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. Probably taken in 1928. Prof. Emrys Jones donated a large collection of early northern photographs to the Institute for Northern Studies, University of Saskatchewan, in 1968.
Note in file: Near Chipewyan, Alberta. On his first voyage of discovery, Mackenzie took the passage to the right and discovered the the Arctic Ocean. Later he took the passage to the left and discovered the Pacific.