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Namakan River Shore

Date: 1911
Description: The dramatic shoreline of the Namakan River, featuring eroded land and tall trees. The canoes are on the shoreline.
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Namakan Rapids

Date: 1911
Description: Rapids on the Namakan River, featuring an apron of smooth water and a rocky shoreline on the opposite side.
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Canoe On Shore

Date: 1911
Description: A canoe is on the rocky shore near an outcrop.
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Log House

Date: 1911
Description: The ruins of an abandoned log house. The roof has fallen in.
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G. Swenson Store

Date: 1911
Description: View across water towards the Gang standing in front of G. Swenson's Store in Kettle Falls, which is partially on the water. The steamer schedule is handwr...
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Indian Women in Canoes

Date: 1911
Description: Indian women paddle their canoes on Rainy Lake. Other people and dogs are on the shore.
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Rainy Lake

Date: 1911
Description: View across water towards a large rock outcropping on Rainy Lake.
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The Cook and the Campfire

Date: 08 1915
Description: Earl cooking breakfast over the campfire at the camp near the Vermillion River, which is in the background.
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Vermillion River

Date: 08 1915
Description: A view from the camp of the Vermillion River.
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Vermillion River Cascade

Date: 08 1915
Description: A view of water rushing over rocks in the Vermillion River.
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Portaging with Horse Team

Date: 08 1915
Description: The Gang loading their canoes onto a horse-drawn wagon.
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Sunrise and Fog

Date: 1915
Description: The sunrise through the fog over the Vermillion River.
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River Gorge

Date: 08 1915
Description: A view through a tree-lined gorge on the Vermillion River.
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Camp Near Crane Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: The Gang at their camp near Crane Lake. Fog is hanging over the lake.
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The Channel

Date: 08 1915
Description: A dramatic view through the Narrows between Sand Point and Namakan Lakes.
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B Walks a Boom

Date: 08 1915
Description: B (William Norris) walking a boom in the water with Jack looking on from a canoe nearby. B is using a paddle to balance himself. This is in the Narrows bet...
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Falling Into the Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: B (William Norris) beginning to fall off the log boom into the lake. This is in the Narrows between Sand Point and Namakan Lakes.
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Namakan Lake and Island

Date: 08 1915
Description: A view through trees to the palisades of a rocky island on Namakan Lake.
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Kettle Falls

Date: 08 1915
Description: Newly built dams at Kettle Falls.
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Steamboat on Rainy Lake

Date: 08 1915
Description: An elevated view of a steamboat on Rainy Lake near Kettle Falls. In the background is borrow pit for construction of Kettle Falls Dam.

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