Collection search - R.C.M.P. Corporal Jim Davies and another man traveling by komatik (dog sled) from Moose Factory Island, Ontario, to Great Whale [Kuujjuarapik], Quebec

A komatik (also spelled qamutiik or quamutik) is a traditional Inuit sled.
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[Original caption] Canadian Economy is enriched yearly by a wealth of furs - contribution of the little-known, poorly-mapped, sparsely-populated North. The northern Ontario settlement at Moose Factory Island in the mouth of Moose River on James Bay is typical of remote fur gathering centres. The district is patrolled by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted police. This photograph shows Corporal Jim Davies, in charge of the local detachment, on the trail during an eleven hundred-mile trip which took him to Great Whale, Quebec, and back.