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Looking northward, from Jasper house, down the Athabasca valley

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Date:

January 15, 1872

Reference:

Box number: A 0060

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5101576

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D.M. Beach Old & Rare Books Collection

Saskatchewan, Peace River, Rocky Mountains and Northern British Columbia views

Looking northward, from Jasper house, down the Athabasca valley
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

January 15, 1872

Place:

Jasper (Alta.):

Place of creation:

Alberta

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w print mounted on album page.

Language of material:

English

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Two men, possibly Métis, looking northward, stand beside a cariole. Dogs are hitched to the cariole and one is sitting beside the man on the right. The photograph was taken near Jasper House fur trade post.

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Photographer: Horetzky, Charles, 1840-1900

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General note:

During the fur trade era, the Métis used carioles in winter. Pulled by a dog team, the cariole transported a passenger or cargo. A dog team driver would run along behind the cariole sled while it was under way shouting commands to the dogs to guide their pace and direction of movement. The term cariole became more commonly used for a toboggan-like sled with sides made from hide or canvas. Birch boards were often used for the toboggan planking.

Dates of creation note:

Other copies of this print have a more specific date than written in the caption on the photo (January 1872). The more specific date has been applied to this photograph.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Signature "Horetzky / C.P.R.S." / Caption: "Looking northward, from Jasper house, down the Athabasca valley. January 1872."

Related material:

We have several copies of this image. For the original glass plate negative, see the Topley Studio fonds (SE Series, negative no. 716, PA-009129). For the b&w print of this image from the Canadian Pacific Railway Survey, see the Fleming fonds (accession no. 1936-272), p. 15 (Mikan no. 3264238).

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1973-011 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [BEACH, D. M. 1973-011]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A 0060 Page 15

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Charles Horetzky / D.M. Beach Old & Rare Books Collection / Library and Archives Canada / e011308320 ; Copyright: Expired ; Restrictions on use: nil.

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