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The H.B.Co. [Hudson's Bay Company] boat "Weenusk" and scow. May 1923.

Ice on Lake Athabaska, May 1923.

Hauling freight across the Fitzgerald - Smith portage. June 1923. [A tractor train loaded with freight].

Fitzgerald [Alberta]. June 1923.

The rapids near [Fort] Smith.

Capt. Mills, and some of the anchors he made. [Anchors of boulders and lashed wood]. 1923.

Pushing through the ice at the Gros Cap. June 1923. [Bow of a boat laden with supplies, in the ice].

The Gros Cap Ice fields at the mouth of the North Arm. June 1923.

Old Fort Rae, looking S. down the North Arm. Aug. 1923.

Old Fort Rae. The remains of the H.B. [Hudson's Bay Company] store and the Mission. Aug. 1923.

Rae. The N.T. Co. [Northern Trading Company?] point, as see from the H.B.Co. [Hudson's Bay Company] island. July 1923.

[Captions from photos :0543 and :0544:] The Dogribs are very fond of gay colours. Also every [Tlicho woman] has a shawl. The N.T. co. [Northern Trading Company?] and Mission buildings. July 1923. [People gathered at Rae (Behchoko)].

[Archivists modified the above description, which was originally written by photographer John Russell. We have redacted a derogatory term that Russell uses for Indigenous women. If you have feedback or questions, please contact the NWT Archives.]

Rae. Looking north, up Lake Marian. July 1923. [Teepees and buildings].

Rae. The N.T. Co. [Northern Trading Company?] buildings, Lake Marian and the west shore. July 1923.

James interviews a Dogrib. July 1923. [People standing by a tent and a teepee at Rae].

At the mouth of the Yellowknife [River]. Aug. 1923. [Boats moored along the shore; a cache (?) on shore. Detah.]

Yellowknife village. [Detah] Aug. 1923. [People on the shore in front of a boat; buildings and teepees in the background].

Typical country, north shore Great Slave Lake.

Islands near the Gros Cap. Aug. 1923.

"Ptarmigan" [boat] in harbour near the Gros Cap. Sept. 1923.

The Athabaska. Sept. 1923. [Athabasca River?] [View of a scow along side a dock].

S.S. Slave River. Sept. 1923. [Ship and a scow].

Full grown spruce, on the edge of the barren lands. [Souci King standing beside a stunted spruce]. Aug. 1923. / Photographed by G. H. Blanchet.

All the lakes have good fish in them. [Man holding up a large fish]. Aug. 1924. / Photographed by Max G. Cameron.

A running caribou. July 1924. / Photographed by G. H. Blanchet.