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Item is an image showing a group of settlers in and beside a wagon pulled by two oxen. Taken west of Amazon, Saskatchewan.

Item is an image (likely) taken near Yorkton that shows a log house carved from a hollowed out section of a single 1900 year old redwood tree which had been found on the property of the Georgia Pacific Lumber Co., near Eureka, California. The full tree was 4.26 m (14 feet) in diameter and over 80 m (267 feet) high, with the resultant structure 2.5 m (8 feet) wide at one end and 2.85 m (9 feet 4 inches) at the other, and is 10 m (33 feet) long.

Item is a photo reproduction of a sheet (appearing to promote immigration to Canada) that includes a photograph showing a trainload of settlers from the United States upon their arrival in Winnipeg. Some settlers are shown standing and sitting atop the rail cars with others standing beside the cars, two persons are seated on adjacent rails. Ten of the rail cars have banners affixed to their side; caption below the image identifies the slogans that were used.

Items are images showing an aerial view of antelope near Maple Creek.

Aerial view of lake, Tp. 58-18, W2nd.

Item is an image showing Amedée Emmanuel Forget (as Indian commissioner) with several First Nations persons in ceremonial dress, at the Territorial Exhibition in Regina, with flags waving in the background.

Item is a photograph showing an elevated view of an unidentified American military camp - tents, horses, wagons, and train cars are visible with ships in the distance.

Item is a colorized image showing a group of tipis (teepees) positioned close together, at least one person is shown standing in front of a tipi and there is a line of small trees/bushes in foreground. Each of the tipis have a design on their cover - particularly near the top where the lodge poles emerge.

Item is an image showing Aneroid farmers and their trucks backed up to the side of (Grand Trunk Western [GTW]) rail cars unloading vegetables into their trucks from a relief train.

58-212-01 to 58-212-03, 58-212-05, 58-212-25 to 58-212-61, 58-212-63 to 58-212-80: Barren ground caribou crossing river near Beverly Lake, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

58-212-04, 58-212-07 to 58-212-14: Muskox herd along shores of Thelon River, Nunavut/Northwest Territories.

58-212-06: Group of caribou near Beverly Lake, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

58-212-15: A. L. Wilk, Canadian Wildlife Service Biologist pointing out low forms of arctic plant life.

58-212-16: View from island in Great Slave Lake near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

58-212-17: Aerial view of caribou and muskoxen, Thelon River, Nunavut/Northwest Territories.

58-212-18: Aerial view of migrating caribou near Beverly Lake, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

58-212-19: Aerial view of Thelon River showing sparse coniferous growth along the river's edge.

58-212-20: Aerial view of sparse stunted tree growth in parts of the Northwest Territories.

58-212-21: Lichens and other small arctic plants found in the Northwest Territories.

58-212-22: Bear berry plants, Northwest Territories.

58-212-23: Lake trout caught in Dubawnt River, Nunavut/Northwest Territories.

58-212-24: Calf caribou remains killed by wolf, Thelon River, Nunavut/Northwest Territories.

58-212-62, 58-212-68: E. Kuyt, Ecologist examining drowned caribou calf north of Aberdeen Lake, Northwest Territories.

58-212-81: Barren ground wolf track, taken along Thelon River, Nunavut/Northwest Territories.

58-212-83: Split caribou long bones where Inuit had a feast in an area north of Aberdeen Lake, Northwest Territories.

58-212-84: Old caribou antlers showing how they have been eaten for their mineral content by other caribou around Thelon River, Northwest Territories.