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Northern Ephemera collection
N-1998-026 · Accession · [189-?]

This accession consists of several prints (plate illustrations) of explorers, colour illustration of "arctic fauna" (German titling), colour illustration of "Eskimoes of Hudson's Bay", letter from Sir Clement Markham (3 Feb. 1898) , copy of a "Notice to Mariners frequenting Davis Strait.

Otto Lahser fonds
125 · Fonds · 1898-1899

This fonds consists of a copy of a typed version of the diary of Otto Lahser. The diary describes the journey taken in 1898 and 1899 down the Athabasca and Slave Rivers to Great Slave Lake and then down the Mackenzie River to the Peel River aboard the boat "Enterprise." The diary includes details on weather, people they encountered and their attempts to locate gold.

Lahser, Otto
Otto Lahser
N-1991-005 · Accession · 1898-1899, copied 1990
Part of Otto Lahser fonds

The records are comprised of a copy of a typed version of the diary of Otto Lahser. The diary describes the journey taken in 1898 and 1899 down the Athabasca and Slave Rivers to Great Slave Lake and then down the Mackenzie River to the Peel River aboard the boat "Enterprise." The diary includes details on weather, people they encountered and their attempts to locate gold.

[Yukon]
N-1987-020: 0110 · Item · 1899
Part of John McCollum collection

[On negative] First passenger train over White Pass and Yukon Route to summit Feb. 20 – 1899 [Archival description] [People stand behind White Pass and Yukon Rail train cars stopped on a trestle bridge.]

[Inuit]
N-1998-026: 0001 · Item · [189-?]
Part of Northern Ephemera collection

[Colour illustration of two images - top] Un eskuimau dans son canol [An inuit man in a kayak - and bottom] Esquimaux du cote du Nord-Ouest de la Baye de Hudson [Inuit family from Hudson's Bay in front of stone structure.]

Porritt, Bobby, 1905-1984
N-1987-016: 0133 · Item · 1900
Part of Bobby Porritt fonds

Old Fort Rae, Great Slave Lake. Built 1804 during search for Franklin Expedition. Taken by James Hislop from his York boat, 1900. This post abandoned when Hudson's Bay Co. moved to Hislop's post and present Fort Rae.

C. W. Mathers
N-1992-099 · Accession · [ca. 1900], copied 1992
Part of C. W. Mathers fonds

Records include photographs taken along the Slave River and in the Great Slave area. Images are captioned: Skin Lodges on Great Slave; the Last Portage on Slave River; Towing Traders Boats down Slave River; Hudson's Bay Company's (HBC) Transport on Smith Portage; Traders Boat Running the Rapids on the Portage at Smith; and Indians Packing.