Indians portaging a 50 ft. scow or boat on the Mantaise Portage, goods and boats are portaged four times in 25 miles on account of the rapids on Slave River. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].
A 50 foot scow shooting a rapid. See previous picture. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].
A moose and teepee. The moose is not much used being too difficult to train, dogs are used now exclusively instead. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].
Esquimaux [Inuit] in their kyaks. The kyak [kayak] is made of seal skin and is about 16 feet long with only sufficient room for one man. [Photo from C.W. Mathers' photo album "The Far North" requests for copies should be made to the Provincial Archives of Alberta]
Interior of the R.C. church, on the Arctic Circle at Fort Good Hope Mackenzie River. [Our Lady of Good Hope]. [Photo from C.W. Mathers' photo album "The Far North" requests for copies should be made to the Provincial Archives of Alberta]
Indians [First Nations people] portaging a 50 foot scow or boat on the Mackenzie portage, goods and boats are portaged four times in 25 miles on account of the rapids on Slave Lake [Photo from C.W. Mathers' photo album "The Far North" requests for copies should be made to the Provincial Archives of Alberta]
Indians [First Nations people] tracking the HBCo. Fur boats up the rapids on Athabasca River, from Fort McMurray to Grand Rapids, 87 miles in almost one continous rapid. [Photo from C.W. Mathers' photo album "The Far North" requests for copies should be made to the Provincial Archives of Alberta]
Indians [First Nations people] packing at the foot of the Grand Rapids - Athabasca River. [Photo from C.W. Mathers' photo album "The Far North" requests for copies should be made to the Provincial Archives of Alberta]
"The Far North" cover of album. [Photo from C.W. Mathers' photo album "The Far North" requests for copies should be made to the Provincial Archives of Alberta]
Fort Providence. Mackenzie River. [Hudson's Bay Company post. 1901. C.W. Mathers photo].
H.B.C. [Hudson's Bay Company] Fort Norman Mackenzie River. [now Tulita 1901. C.W. Mathers photo].
[Two Inuit men and two Inuit boys. Possibly a C. W. Mathers photograph, ca. 1901.]
Esquimaux in their kayaks. The kayak is made of seal skin, and is about 16 feet long with only sufficient room for one man. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].
Trading with the Esquimaux. Observe the stone ornaments the man has in his lips. They are inserted from the inside, a shoulder preventing it from coming all the way through. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].
Fort Good Hope, H.B. Co. on the Arctic Circle, Mackenzie River. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].
The H.B. Co's steamer "Wrigley" on the Mackenzie, taking a moose aboard, which was shot from the deck. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].
One of the pretty spots of Slave River. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].
Indians packing at the foot of Grand Rapids - Athabasca River. [C.W. Mather's image, 1901].
Fort Smith on Slave River 1901 [Photo by C.W. Mathers, originals at Provincial Archives of Alberta (Request copies there)]
Fort Good Hope HBCo. on the Arctic Circle, Mackenzie River. [Photo from C.W. Mathers' photo album "The Far North" requests for copies should be made to the Provincial Archives of Alberta]