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Painting

The Landing of Jean Nicolet

Date: 1904
Description: Jean Nicolet (1598-1642) was the first European to see Wisconsin and was a prominent French explorer who, for many years, lived among the Indians of Quebec...
Painting

Marquette and Joliet

Date: 1921
Description: Painted scene of an Indian guide paddling, Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary standing, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader paddling in a canoe exploring th...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Commander Gatti Arrives in the Congo

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of men unloading trucks and equipment from a ship shortly after arrival in the African Congo. The equipment was used by Commander Atillio Gat...
Painting

Marquette and Joliet Discover the Mississippi River

Date: 
Description: A painting depicting Marquette and Joliet in a birch bark canoe with two other men during their excursion on the Mississippi River, which they discovered o...
Photograph

Portaging at Curtain Falls

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Description: View of men and young boys with canoes pulled up on rocks near a rapids during an unidentified wilderness canoe trip led by Sigurd Olson.
Map or Atlas

Chart of the North-West Coast of America, With the Tracks of the King George and Queen Charlotte in 1786 & 1787

Date: 1788
Description: This map shows the north western coast of North America, including the southern coast of what will be Alaska and parts of the Aleutian Islands. It includes...
Photograph

Stopping for Lunch

Date: 1907
Description: View down shoreline towards the travelers pausing in their canoe journey to have lunch on the riverbank below Gordon Dam.
Photograph

The Ferry at Pansy

Date: 1907
Description: The travelers, including Diadem, taking the ferry at Pansy.
Photograph

Bill Williams

Date: 1907
Description: Bill Williams standing in front of a tree at the shoreline. There is a canoe next to him on the left, and paddles, bags and boxes are on the ground on the ...
Photograph

Canoeing Home

Date: 08 1916
Description: Two of The Gang (maybe Jack and Dad) canoeing homeward down the Chippewa River.
Photograph

Fisherman's Dock

Date: 1910
Description: The Gang standing on Fisherman's Dock on Fall Lake with their travel supplies at the beginning of their trip. Billy Mac is second from the left, and third ...
Photograph

Unloading Truck at Waterfront

Date: 12 1927
Description: View towards shoreline of people unloading at waterfront in African village. The truck is on a platform supported by four long boats. The far shoreline is ...

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