Transportation

Photograph. On information card: Close-up of a pair of snowshoes (not Ethnographical). Snowshoes worn by Dr Mueller-Wille and are Quebec Snowshoes owned by Prof. Williamson. Dungevan Lake Camp, Mackenzie District, N.W.T.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2007.

Consists of an interview where he discusses a battle between the Haida and an unspecified tribe. He mentions the first contact with non-Indians.

Documentary film narrated by local inhabitants that stayed even after the town's boom was over. Duration: 27:21.

Study based on historical literature and selective reading of primary source material specific to the region conducted for the purpose of guiding management and interpretation of the Park.

Briefly describes a reproduction of a Montreal style canoe used by the North West Company.

Comments on the "Friends of the Trail" society formed in 2002 in an effort to mark the North West Mounted Police Trail in Saskatchewan.

Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan. Images include: An Esquimaux Kayak (Canoe); Fall Upon the Little Whale River; The Canoe "Elk" Off Moose Factory; Seal-Hunting on the Ice; Esquimaux from the North Belcher Islands ; Esquimaux in Snow Shelter, Watching a Seal-Hole; Building an Igloo (Snow Hut), Little Whale River; Esquimaux and White Whale; and Train of Dogs in Harness. Published in The Graphic, May 24, 1879 [Page] 512-513. No article associated with this image in the newspaper.

A photograph of several large stacks of Buffalo bones stacked in the shape of box cars. They were the first cash commodity shipped from Saskatoon and were stacked along 1st Avenue near the train station where Midtown Plaza now stands.

This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary relates to freighting 160 tons of furs and lumber by steamboat to Prince Albert, North West Territories.

Historical note:

Book review of: Steamboats West: The 1859 American Fur Company Missouri River Expedition by Lawrence H. Larsen and Barbara J. Cottrell.

Newspaper clipping of image of the steamer 'Marquis' and a second steamer on a Saskatchewan river around [1885?]. The artist is F.W. Curzon, special artist for The Canadian Pictorial and Illustrated War News, who travelled with General F.D. Middleton's official party.

Sketch of the steamer Marquis, from a sketch by Mr. F.W. Curzon, The Illustrated War News special artist with General Middleton's expedition.

Sketch of the steamer "Northcote" being fired upon during the Northwest Resistance.

Expedition leader leaving the Karluk (1913). Location unknown.

Comments on a television series that offers unorthodox mechanical advice.

Discusses the importance of pemmican to the fur trade.

Discusses the enterprise sector in the community, including the benefits and drawbacks of a proposed road linking Rankin Inlet with Manitoba.

Looks at basic infrastructure deficits and lack of funding programs in Canada's north.

Letter citing descriptions of devices used by the Bella Coola, Carriers, Chilcotin, Naskapi and Ojibway.

On board the Vygach, showing the support party needed to send a diver underwater (1914). Location unknown.

Provides an overview of what is known about the complexities of the issues around driver licensing for Aboriginal people and possible solutions to managing these complexities.

A photograph of T. H. J. Charmbury and two Aboriginal men (probably Wahpeton Dakota) posing in front of a teepee in the Prince Albert District, NWT [1901]. Charmbury holds his camera, while the two [Dakota] men are holding on to bicycles that belong to Charmbury and his wife who took this photograph.

Historical note:

Tache McKay discusses his life and how he acted as interpreter for the Indian agents and doctors. No date given, probably in the 1970's.

Looks at how technologies such as outboard motors and snowmobiles have impacted traditional livelihood and food security.

Image of a possible treaty day celebration in the Prince Albert area; cars in foreground and tents in background. Union Jacks flying over some tents.

Compiles and briefly reviews relevant theses.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1962.

Interactive snowmobile road trip across 2,000 inhospitable kilometers of Northern Canada by filmmaker Dianne Whelan. Accompanying material: This Land: Study Guide. Duration: 35:00.

Guide to accompany film, This Land. Recommended for 12 years and up. Provides several discussion questions for use based on specific subject areas and curriculum.

He talks about traditional lifestyle while growing up in northern Saskatchewan and compares life today with life when he was a child.

A photograph of three Aboriginal girls in skirts posing beside two harnessed horses. Wagon and grain elevator in background.

Three Aboriginal men on horseback at the Yorkton fair.

Three tepees in an early Indian encampment on the prairies. . A few Red River carts are parked beside them, and an Aboriginal woman and a dog are in foreground.

Consists of an interview about the tipis of the Blood Indians; hide preparation, cutting of poles, erection, decoration, furnishing. Also includes some information on transportation by horse and travois.

Examination of Aboriginal people who traveled to Europe, early on as captive slaves and then, after 1500 A.D., as adventurers, envoys, sightseers, or performers.

Looks at the factors behind restoration of the totem poles along the Canadian National Railway tracks.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1996.

An assortment of sleds and Skidoos [at Rankin Inlet, NU]. Part of the "Inuit of Keewatin" series (#20).

Black and white archival photographs with annotations.

Modes of transport: Komatik sled, Skidoo. [Rankin Inlet, NU]

Photograph depicting a emerging mode of transport;: man on Skidoo. [Rankin Inlet, NU]

Various modes of transport: sleds and Skidoos. [Rankin Inlet, NU]