. A souvenir from the north . ¥HE views in this Souvenir were taken by C. W. Mathers, while on a tripfrom Edmonton to the month of the MacKenzie River, a distance of 2,000miles. Fort McPherson on Peels River, the most northern post of theHndson Bay Company, represents a trip of some 275 miles inside the Arcticvi-kfay circle. There they have the midnight sun for three weeks—a circumstancethat materiallv changed the usual order of things for us. In order to get the photo-graphs we found we had to follow the natives example and stay up all night and sleepin the day time. The Eskimo come in from t
. A souvenir from the north . ¥HE views in this Souvenir were taken by C. W. Mathers, while on a tripfrom Edmonton to the month of the MacKenzie River, a distance of 2,000miles. Fort McPherson on Peels River, the most northern post of theHndson Bay Company, represents a trip of some 275 miles inside the Arcticvi-kfay circle. There they have the midnight sun for three weeks—a circumstancethat materiallv changed the usual order of things for us. In order to get the photo-graphs we found we had to follow the natives example and stay up all night and sleepin the day time. The Eskimo come in from the ocean to trade, and on that account wewere fortunate in seeing a goodly number of them and being able to secure a lot ofvaluable curios. Only a small number of the photographs taken are here were all taken 8 x 10. Original copies can be had by applying to C. W. Grand Rapids, Athabasca River. Tn the foreground appear the II. B. fur boats preparing to mala- a portageThis is the first of a series of 87 miles of rapids encountered going down the Athabasca. C. w. MATHERSPhotographersouvenirfromnort00math
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