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Down the Mackenzie and up the Yukon in 1906

Chapter 4: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Elihu Stewart
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The narrative recounts a firsthand expedition along northern river routes, combining travel description with practical assessment of terrain, forests, and settlement potential. It records scenes at trading posts and mission stations, encounters with local Indigenous communities, and photographic and mapped material used to illustrate the journey. Interwoven are observations on soil and timber suitability for development, commercial prospects, and public-health shortcomings, accompanied by recommendations for systematic surveys and improved medical services to better support remote communities.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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S.S. Wrigley at the junction of the Mackenzie and Liard Rivers Frontispiece
Tracking on Athabaska River 36
Grand Rapids on Athabaska River 44
Lunch time on the Athabaska River 46
Funeral of Herbert Bray on the Athabaska 48
Stones on the Athabaska 50
Fort Chippewyan on Athabaska Lake 62
Spruce Timber on the Slave River 64
Rapids on the Slave River at the Second Portage 68
Smith’s Landing on Slave River 70
Steamer Grahame at Smith’s Landing 72
Leaving Fort Smith on the Slave River 74
Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake 76
Dog-ribbed Indians on Great Slave Lake 78
Fort Providence on the Mackenzie River 82
Bishop Reeve, Stefansson, and Resident Clergyman at Simpson 90
The Ramparts, Mackenzie River 100
The Midnight Sun 106
At McPherson: Indians, Half-breeds, and Esquimaux in Foreground 108
Fort McPherson 114
Rampart, House on the Porcupine River 148
Yukon River at Fort Yukon 156
Fort Yukon in Alaska 160
Dawson City 170
Indian Children at Fort Simpson 178
Totum Poles at Alert Bay on Vancouver Island 184
Esquimaux on their Kyaks 192
A Moose and Indian Tepee 218
Coming in from the North 230
Trading with the Esquimaux 254