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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Historic Photos - Mi'kmaq Guides & Paddles

From this great Virtual Exhibit by the Nova Scotia Archives come some pictures of Mi'kmaq bark canoes and paddles


Mi'kmaq Guides with Party of Sportsmen Fishing from Four Canoes, Digby County
Date: May 1899
Photographer: J.A. Irvine
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Paddle Grip Closeup





Indian Encampment outside Dartmouth, NS
Date: ca. 1900
Photographer: W.L. Bishop
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Paddle Closeup




Mi'kmaq guides from Bear River at camp near Weymouth, N.S.
Date: ca. 1893
Photographer: J.A. Irvine
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Paddle Closeup



Images courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, Halifax, NS as per their non-commercial use policy
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