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Voyageurs at Fort William

Date: 1860
Description: Nine men arrive at Fort William by canoe. Fort William, also called Kaministiguia, was the Hudson's Bay fur trading post. Men are standing along the opposi...
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Commissary Warehouse at Fort Winnebago

Date: 1898
Description: Ruins of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago, about 1898. Fort Winnebago was closed in 1845 and the land and buildings sold. Today, only the Surgeon...
Drawing

French Fur Traders at La Baye

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Description: Several French fur traders negotiating with native Indians at La Baye.
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Interior of Fort Sumter

Date: 1865
Description: Interior of Fort Sumter.
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Township no. 24 N., Range no. 20 East, 4th Mer. : Military Reservation for Fort Howard

Date: 1914
Description: This map is a photostat copy from the original 1829 map in the War Department. The map shows location of Fort Howard, lots, land claims of Jacques Porlier ...
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Group Posed by Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A group of possibly both American and British soldiers standing just outside a blockhouse fortification. There are piles of logs and an axe on the ground i...
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Concrete Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A large concrete blockhouse fortification at Verst 581 with a concrete outhouse next to it on the right. An armed solder wearing winter clothing stands be...
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Damaged Log Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: View of field with a damaged blockhouse constructed of logs, and a smaller outbuilding in the distance. It appears the roof of the fortification has sustai...
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Underground Shelter

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Description: The entrance of an underground bunker built into the side of a hill. The entrance is supported with timber and wooden planks and has wooden flooring. Above...

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