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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The Gang guiding canoes through shallow water past a dam in the Quetico River. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A serene view from shoreline through trees towards Quetico Lake. Two canoes are at the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water towards two of The Gang (possibly Carl and Bill) gliding on Rouge Lake in a canoe with a sail. The far shoreline is in the background. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Carl Greene and Bill Marr posing and standing with their arms spread wide at the base of a large, uprooted tree at the shoreline. Their canoes are in the w... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The Gang at their camp in a shady spot by Burntside Lake. The canoes are in the water on the left. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View from a canoe of a moose feeding in the waters of Sturgeon Lake. The prow of the canoe is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Carl's humorous drawing of the two perspectives of the moose sighting on Sturgeon Lake titled: "What Bill Saw and What B. Meese Saw." Carl refers to the mo... |
| Date: | 08 1911 |
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| Description: | The Gang split wood for the cooking fire at their camp by Sturgeon Lake. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The dramatic shoreline of the Namakan River, featuring eroded land and tall trees. The canoes are on the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Clay, Doc Copeland, and Diadem (Di) the dog are in a canoe on what may be Namakan River or Lake. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Indian women paddle their canoes on Rainy Lake. Other people and dogs are on the shore. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Bill Marr and Carl standing together at the end of the Dawson Trail trip. Bill is holding a paddle, and a canoe is behind them on the left. |
| Date: | 08 1915 |
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| Description: | John "Jack" Greene and William "Bill" Norris at the campsite neat Tower, Minnesota. The canoes are visible behind them. |
| Date: | 08 1915 |
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| Description: | The Gang loading their canoes onto a horse-drawn wagon. |
| Date: | 08 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 1915 |
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| Description: | One of The Gang is silhouetted sitting in a canoe as the sun is setting over Namakan Lake. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The Gang loading their travel supplies at a campsite. From left to right are: Doc Copeland, Howard T. Greene, Bill Marr, Fred Carr, and Howard Greene. |
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