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Border Lake Outfitters

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Description: Border Lakes Outfitting Company, Sigurd Olson's summer business that provided guides and equipment for wilderness vacations.
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Lunch by the Lake

Date: 07 27 1911
Description: The Gang eating their lunch by French Lake. Their canoes are pulled up on the shoreline.
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Carl in a Canoe

Date: 1911
Description: Young Carl paddling his canoe on the water. A tree-lined shore is in the background.
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Entering Batchewaung Lake

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang lifting their canoes through a narrow, shallow passage into Batchewaung Lake. The passage is lined with rocks. One of The Gang is leaning on a pad...
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Quetico River Dam

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang guiding their canoes through a shallow passage by a dam on the Quetico River. The passage contains many logs and rocks.
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The Gang in the Quetico River

Date: 1911
Description: Five of The Gang standing among rocks and logs in the shallow portion of the Quetico River. They are standing next to their canoes, which are loaded with s...
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Fallen Tree on Quetico River

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang guiding their canoes through a shallow portion of the Quetico River near a dam. There is a fallen tree across the river.
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Quetico River Dam

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang guiding canoes through shallow water past a dam in the Quetico River.
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Canoes at Quetico Lake

Date: 1911
Description: A serene view from shoreline through trees towards Quetico Lake. Two canoes are at the shoreline.
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Tanner Lake

Date: 1911
Description: The Gang canoes on Tanner Lake.
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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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The Cascades

Date: 1909
Description: One of The Gang guiding his canoes through a rough spot of rocks and cascades on the Presque Isle River.

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