Recherche dans la collection - [Métis hunters camp, Milk River Lake]. Original Title: Half Breed Hunters Camp

The Red River cart has become a powerful symbol of the Métis Nation. This Métis invention revolutionized the way goods were transported before the advent of railways. The cart was buoyant and could be floated across streams, yet it was strong enough to carry loads as heavy as 450 kilograms.
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Title assigned by the archivist based on the caption.

Copy transparency available: C-004178B, see also C-081785.

For another b&w print of this image, see the George M. Dawson fonds (accession no. 1975-122), Dawson album 2, p. 49, no. 179, C-081785 ; also see the Geological Survey of Canada fonds (accession no. 1958-206), p. 128, C-081785b.