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Wash Day at Camp

Date: 1907
Description: The travelers are washing their clothes in the St. Croix River. There are a number of logs at the river's edge.
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Bessemer Boccacio Camp

Date: 1909
Description: The Gang posing by the tent at the "Camp of the Bessemer Boccacio."
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Reading a Map

Date: 1910
Description: Fred Carr and Bill Marr reading a map together while sitting on the ground.
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Camp at Fall Lake

Date: 1910
Description: The Gang has set up camp by Fall Lake.
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Ontario Fire Ranger

Date: 1910
Description: Canadian Fire Ranger J.B. MacDonald standing on the dock by Fall Lake.
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Canoeing On a Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Two of The Gang paddling their canoe on a lake.
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Consulting the Maps

Date: 1910
Description: The Gang is sitting on their packs or bedrolls as they consult their maps with a ranger.
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Lunch Break

Date: 1910
Description: The Gang stop for a lunch break between Crooked and Iron Lakes. There is an American flag and another flag displayed among their supplies.
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Packed Up

Date: 1910
Description: One of The Gang preparing for a portage, heavily burdened with packs of supplies. There is a lake behind him.
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Sitting by the Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Billy Mac and Dad sitting on a tarp, looking out over the lake. Another person is sitting on the right. There is a flag displayed that may be an Ontario fl...
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Dad with His Pipe

Date: 1910
Description: Howard "Dad" Greene looking contemplative as he is smoking his tobacco pipe outdoors. There is a lake in the background.
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The Three Boys

Date: 1910
Description: The three youngest travelers of The Gang posing together. From left to right are: Charles Isley, Fred Hanson, who is holding a fishing pole, and Howard T. ...
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John Otter and His Family

Date: 1910
Description: John Otter, who is standing second from the left, posing with seven members of his family in an Indian village at the mouth of the Namakan River. There is ...
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Drying Jerky

Date: 1910
Description: An Indian man and boy posing next to a birch frame used for drying jerky.
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Indian Boy

Date: 1910
Description: An Indian boy posing wearing a feathered headdress and a beaded bandolier in front of the doorway of a building. He is in an Indian village at the mouth of...
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Indian Boy

Date: 1910
Description: A boy standing on a a run-down porch, framed by the door behind him. He is in an Indian village near Namakan Lake.
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Sailing The Tub

Date: 1910
Description: Bill Marr, on the left, and Carl, on the right, paddling Bill's folding canoe known as The Tub. The vessel has a sail.
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Cliff and Canoe

Date: 1910
Description: One of The Gang's canoes in the lee of a sheer cliff on Lac La Croix.
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Carl's Cartoon of The Tub

Date: 1910
Description: A humorous drawing by Carl of himself and another of The Gang carrying the folding canoe known as The Tub. They are depicted walking on uneven terrain ,wit...
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Carl Eats a Meal

Date: 1910
Description: Carl standing outdoors eating food from a plate he is holding. There is a lake in the background beyond rocks and trees.

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