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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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Old Steamer Wreckage

Date: 1911
Description: Wreckage from an old steamboat partly submerged in a lake.
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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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Kasakokwog Island

Date: 1911
Description: A small island with tall trees in Kasakokwog Lake, which was called Anna Lake by the rangers. The far shoreline is in the background.
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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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Wild Rice

Date: 1911
Description: A view of wild rice near Sturgeon Lake.
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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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Rainy Lake

Date: 1911
Description: View across water towards a large rock outcropping on Rainy Lake.
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Rainy Lake Shore

Date: 1910
Description: A view across water towards the Rainy Lake shoreline, which includes Lyle Mine and Ranier.
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Alfred Holt in a Tub

Date: 1907
Description: Squinting at the camera, Alfred Holt is lying in a metal tub, which is floating on Archibald Lake. His knees are bent and his hands are holding the sides o...
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Boating on the Islander

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a group of women and children packed in the Islander steam launch which is tied to the pier. A nautical flag is flying fro...
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Black-berry Picking Across the Generations

Date: 08 27 1909
Description: A group of twelve people is standing in the woods holding berry pails. Three generations are represented. Grant Stroh is in the center with a child in fron...
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Digging a Hole for a Flag Pole

Date: 1910
Description: With shovels in hand, a man, woman, and boy are digging a hole in the ground for a flag pole. One young man is holding the pole in place with two hands. A...
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Playing with a Long Log in Archibald Lake

Date: 1913
Description: View across water towards a line of Holt children and others who are playing with a long log in Archibald Lake in front of the Bath House. Jeannette Holt i...
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Holts and Garrisons Roasting Corn

Date: 1922
Description: A group of Holts and Garrisons are roasting corn around a smoking campfire on the Island, with Archibald Lake in the background. W.A. Holt is on the far le...
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Peter and Douglas DeWitt Hammering at the Pier

Date: 1931
Description: With their backs facing the camera, Peter DeWitt (l) and Douglas DeWitt (r) are standing side by side, hammering nails into a pier on Archibald Lake. Dougl...
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Eleanor and Eleanor

Date: 08 11 1914
Description: Eleanor Holt (r) is holding Eleanor Loomis (l) as they bathe together in Archibald Lake. Two boats are resting on the shore of the Island. Loomis is wearin...
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Riding the "Kentucky Mule"

Date: 08 11 1914
Description: W.A. Holt, second from the right, and a group of mostly children are playing in Archibald Lake. On the far left, Alfred Holt is giving a thumbs up, with a ...

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