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Object Number 2004.29.3211
Display Title Four bark canoes pulled up on shore of lake
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on mounting board: "Cree Indians (Algonquian) / Bark canoes at Fort Providence on Great Slave Lake. / Mackenzie River, N.W. Territory."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Water Transport
Subject
  • Canoe
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Cree
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Subarctic shield and Mackenzie Borderlands; Mackenzie River; Great Slave Lake; F
Dimensions Overall: 5.08 x 10.16 cm (2 x 4 in.)
Historical Language
Museum staff recognize the offensive nature of the term “slave” in describing the geographic context for this item; however, the geographic place name is still in use and we are not aware of any current term that has replaced it. Museum staff recognize the offensive nature of the term “slave” in describing the geographic context for this item; however, the geographic place name is still in use and we are not aware of any current term that has replaced it.

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