Robert W. Reford was the heir to the Reford shipping and navigation business. In 1889 he journeyed from Montreal to British Columbia in order to assist with his family’s business there. He stayed in the province until 1891. Though centered in Victoria, Reford made several trips along the coast of British Columbia, into the interior and in to the Arctic. Reford was an amateur photographer and while in British Columbia he took a large number of photos, both of his acquaintances and of the local scenery and inhabitants.
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File contains images from Robert Reford's Arctic album. Some of the photographs include a date as it appeared in the original description. The rest do not include a date and were thought to had been taken during the same time period. The photographs seem to have been taken after Reford became president of his father's company in 1906.
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Item is an image of a ship near a harbour. According to annotations, the ship is R.M.S. Empress of Britain at Québec
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Item is an image of a town taken from the water. According to annotations, the photograph is of old Québec
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Item is an image of a citadel taken from the water. According to annotations, the photograph is of Québec's Citadel
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Item is an image of an iceberg. According to annotations, the photograph was taken off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Item is an image of an iceberg. According to annotations, the photograph was taken off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Item is an image of a village along the coast. According to annotations, the photograph is of the Hudson Bay Company post in Rigolet, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Item is a photograph of an iceberg. According to annotations, the photograph was taken off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Item is a photograph of an iceberg. According to annotations, the photograph was taken off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Item is an image of a fishing schooner ship near the coast. According to annotations, the photograph was taken in the coast of Labrador
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Item is an image of a harbour in the Labrador Coast, taken from the sea. According to annotations, the harbour is O'Brien's Habour in the Labrador Coast
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Item is an image of a sea entrance in a cape in the Labrador peninsula. According to annotations, the cape is Cape Chidley in the Labrador Coast
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Item is an image of a harbour with seven vessels. According to annotations, the habrour is Rigolet (previously known as Rigoulette)
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Item is an image of a building by a harbour with four people are building a wooden footbride. According to annotations, the building is the Hudson Bay Company Post in Cartwright
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Item is an image of an iceberg. According to annotations, the photograph was taken at Hudson Strait, which links the Atlantic Ocean and Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay
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Item is an image of the sea. According to annotations, the photograph is of the Atlantic Ocean taken from Cape Chidley in the Labrador Coast
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Item is an image of a fishing schooner ship near the coast. According to annotations, the photograph was taken in the coast of Labrador
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Item is an image of a several buildings along the coast. According to annotations, the building is the Hudson Bay Company Post in Cartwright
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Item is an image of a coast. According to annotations, the photograph is of coast of Cape Chidley in the Labrador Coast
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Item is an image of a fishing schooner ship near the coast. According to annotations, the photograph was taken in the coast of Labrador
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Item is an image of a building by a harbour taken from the sea. According to annotations, the building is the Hudson Bay Company Post in Cartwright
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Item is an image of four dogs. Two of the dogs are in the background, two in the front. The two dog in the front are Siberian Huskies. According to annotations, the image was taken at Rigolet
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Item is an image of a woman standing with two buckets at her feet. Because of its location in the album, the photograph could have been taken in Rigolet
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Item is an image of the entrance of a house with two women standing by the door. According to annotations, the house was Lord Strathcona's and it was located in Rigolet (previously known as Rigoulette). Lord Strathcona was Rigolet's former Hudson's Bay store manager Donald Smith
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Item is an image of a fortification tower on top of a hill. According to annotations, the tower is Cabot Tower, located on Signal Hill, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Item is an image of a dock with three docked ships. According to annotations, the dock is the New dock in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Item is an image of a building. According to annotations, the house was part of the Hudson Bay Company post at Kimmirut (former Lake Harbour) in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
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Item is a portrait image of a woman. According to annotation, the photograph was taken Kimmirut (former Lake Harbour) in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
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Item is an image of a harbour taken from the distance. According to annotations, harbour is Kimmirut (former Lake Harbour) in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
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Item is a n image of two buildings. According to annotations, the buildings are part of the Hudson's Bay Company post at Kimmirut (former Lake Harbour) in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
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Item is an image of eight people in a harbour by a boat. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Anaulirvik (also referred to as Cape Wolstenholme)
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Item is an image of three people in a harbour by a boat moving cargo. One of the people is in the background carrying a bag, and two of the people are pushing a barrel from The St. Lawrence Flour Mills Company Limited labeled as oats. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Anaulirvik (also referred to as Cape Wolstenholme)
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Item is an image of a ship in the ice with one person standing on the ice by the bow. According to annotations, the ship is the Hudson's Bay Company Chartered Vessel Sorine.
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Item is an image of a ship in the ice with three people standing on the ice by the port. According to annotations, the ship is the Hudson's Bay Company Chartered Vessel Sorine.
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Item is an image of a ship in the ice with one person standing on the ice by the bow. According to annotations, the ship is the Hudson's Bay Company Chartered Vessel Sorine.
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Item is an image of a ship in the ice. According to annotations, the ship is the Hudson's Bay Company Chartered Vessel Sorine.
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Item is an image of cliffs seen from the distance. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Anaulirvik (also referred to as Cape Wolstenholme)
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Item is an image of a harbour seen from the distance. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Anaulirvik (also referred to as Cape Wolstenholme)
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Item is an image of a dog.
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Item is an image of a dog.
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Item is an image of the remains of a fortification. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is a close up image of the remains of a fortification. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is a close up image of the remains of a fortification. In one of the stones there is an inscription: "H. Robins. On. 1733." According to annotations, photograph was taken in Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is a close up image of the remains of a fortification with a cannon on the ground. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is a close up image of the remains of a fortification with the view of a gate. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is an image of a child standing the the remains of a fortification
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Item is an image of a group of eight people by the remains of a fortification and around a cannon. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Fort Prince of Wales, Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is an image of a woman holding a bird
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Item is an image of the remains of a fortification. With one person on the background and one person in front of the fortification. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is an image of a building with a woman standing by it. There is a tent visible in the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is an image of a camp with two tents and two people standing by them. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is an image of a group of six people by the remains of a fortification and around a cannon. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Fort Prince of Wales, Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is an image of a group of nine on the bridge of the R.M.S. Nascopie
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Item is an image of two people standing in a field. According to annotations the tree persons are M. Handford and Captain Freakley
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Item is an image of three people standing in a field. According to annotations the tree persons are M. Flaherty, Captain A.C. Smith, M. Handford
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Item is an image of a tent with a fort in the background. According to annotations, fort is Fort Prince of Wales in Juugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is an image of a weecked ship in a shore. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is an image of two boats with thee people on board each. According to annotations, the boats belonged to the Royal North West Mounted Police and photograph was taken in Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is an image of a tent by the water with a dog by it. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba)
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Item is an image of four people by the entrance of a tent. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Kuugjuaq (also known as Churchill, Manitoba) and the indigenous peoples are referred to as "Chipewyans." This description could refer to the Denesuliné. However, due to the location where the photograph was taken, it seems the annotations may be mistaken.
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Item is an image of an Inuit woman. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut).
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Item is an image of an Inuit woman. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut).
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Item is an image of an Inuit woman. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut).
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Item is an image of a tent and two dogs. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut).
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Item is a close up image of an Inuit man. According to annotations, photographs was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut).
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Item is an image of a tent. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut).
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Item is an image of two Inuit people on a ship's deck. According to annotations, photographs was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut).
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Item is an image of two Inuit people. According to annotations, photographs was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut). Item seems to have been taken after item a032671_3
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Item is a close up image of an Inuit woman and child
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Item is a close up image of an Inuit man
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Item is an image of an Inuit man and woman
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Item is an image of two Inuit women and a child on a ship's deck
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Item is an image of a man. According to annotations, the man belonged to the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach
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Item is an image of an Inuit woman and child. Item seems to be taken prior to item a032669_5
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Item is a close up image of an Inuit child
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Item is an image of an Inuit child
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Item is a close up image of an Inuit woman
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Item is an image of an Inuit woman
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Item is an image of Inuit people in three boats. According to annotations, photographs was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut)
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Item is a close up image of an Inuit woman
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Item is an image of a coast boat and asteam launch boat. According to annotations, photograph depicts the landing of freight at Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut)
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Item is an image of an Inuit woman. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut).
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Item is an image of a landscape. According to annotations, photograph depics Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut)
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Item is an image of a group of people on a boat. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Igluligaarjuk (also known as Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut)
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Item is an image of a ship. According to annotations, photograph was taken near former Hudson's Bay Company factory, York Factory (Manitoba)
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Item is an image of a boat with three people on it. According to annotations, photograph was taken in the Hayes River, Manitoba
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Item is an image of four boats leaving a wharf and six people on said wharf. According to annotations, photograph was taken near York Factory, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a ship on the ground. According to annotations, photograph was taken at York Factory, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a ship and a boat. According to annotations, photograph was taken at York Roads, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a church. According to annotations, photograph was taken at York Factory, Manitoba
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Item is an image of three buildings. According to annotations, the buildings were the depot and photograph was taken at York Factory, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a church. According to annotations, church belonged to the indigenous community in the area (probably from the Cree First Nation or Metis) and photograph was taken at York Factory, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a building. According to annotations, the house was the manager's house at York Factory, Nunavut
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Item is an image of the entrance of a house. According to annotations, the house was the Missionary's at York Factory, Manitoba
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Item is a close up image of beaded silk, fur, and leather works. According to annotations, items were made by the Indigenous community in York Factory (likely Dene or Métis).
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Item is an image of a man and a woman. The man is carrying a rifle and is standing by a pair of snowshoes and and the woman is holding snowshoes. According to annotations, photograph was taken at York Factory, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a group of people holding what appears to looms. According to annotations, photograph was taken at York Factory, Manitoba
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Item is an image of three boats leaving a wharf. According to annotations, boats were leaving York Factory wharf to reach the S.S. Nascopie
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Item is an image of a building. According to annotations, photograph was taken at York Factory, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a cannon with four buildings on the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken at York Factory, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a tombsone for William Wastesecoot. According to annotations, photograph was taken at the Indigenous Peoples Graveyard, York Factory, Manitoba.
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Item is an image of two tents. According to annotations, photograph was taken on the Hayes River between York Factory and Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of two boats and some people at a shore. According to annotations, photograph was taken on the Hayes River between York Factory and Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of five men carrying a boat. According to annotations, photograph was taken on the Hayes River between York Factory and Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a boat and several people at a shore. According to annotations, photograph was taken on the Hayes River between York Factory and Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of five men talking. There is one more person in the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken on the Hayes River between York Factory and Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a camp with a tent in the background and an open tent in the foreground. According to annotations, photograph was taken on the Hayes River between York Factory and Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of an open tent with a woman kneeled at the entrance. According to annotations, photograph was taken on the Hayes River between York Factory and Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a river with one person standing by the hedge. According to annotations, photograph was taken on the Hayes River between York Factory and Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a shore with a boat and a person standing by it. According to annotations, photograph was taken on the Hayes River between York Factory and Norway House, Manitoba. Item is same image as item a032718
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Item is an image of a settlement by a shore. According to annotations, settlement was the Hudson's Bay Company Post at Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a building with a group of twelve people and two dogs in front of it. According to annotations, the building is the Manager's House at Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a stone monument. According to annotations, monument was to Mr. Belanger's memory, in Norway House. Chief Factor Horace Belanger drowned in the Nelson River and his clerk Stanley Simpson drowned trying to save him. After their death, Hudson's Bay Officer erected a stone monument in their memory
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Item is an image of a group of ten people in front of a building. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a baby in a baby stroller at the entrance of a house. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a woman standing by a baby stroller wit a baby at the entrance of a house. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Norway House, Manitoba
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Item is an image of a ship. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Rigolet, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Item is an image of a ship in a harbour. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Montreal, Quebec
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Item is an image of a man holding binoculars in his right hand. According to annotations, man is Captain A. C. Smith.
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Item is an image of a ship in a harbour. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Montreal, Quebec
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Item is a close up image of a ship with three men standing on the deck. According to annotations, the ship was a pilot cutter and photograph was taken at Pointe-au-Pere, Quebec
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Item is a close up image of a man
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Item is a close up image of a ship with one man standing on the deck. According to annotations, the ship was a pilot cutter and photograph was taken at Pointe-au-Pere, Quebec
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