A 1901 photograph of a flat-bottomed cargo scow, being run down through rapids on a side channel of the Slave River in Alberta/Northwest Territories, taken by C W Mathers on an expedition to the far north of Canada and published in his book ‘The Far North’. Mathers captioned this photograph: A 50 foot scow shooting a rapid. See previous picture [Alamy image: 2WD4A6F].
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2953 x 2181 px | 25 x 18.5 cm | 9.8 x 7.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1901Location:
Slave River, Alberta and Northwest Territories, CanadaMore information:
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A 1901 photograph of a flat-bottomed cargo scow, being run down through rapids on a side channel of the Slave River in Alberta/Northwest Territories, taken by C W Mathers on an expedition to the far north of Canada and published in his book ‘The Far North’. Mathers captioned this photograph: A 50 foot scow shooting a rapid. See previous picture [Alamy image: 2WD4A6F]. Charles Wesley Mathers (1868–1950) was born in Ontario, Canada. Mathers purchased a photographic studio in Edmonton, Alberta in 1893. He travelled extensively in western and northern Canada, and in 1901 a trip with trader William Connors took him north, starting along the Athabasca River in Alberta. He reached various forts and Hudson Bay Company outposts, keeping a photographic record of his journey. Next year Mathers published a booklet, ‘The Far North’, with over twenty images – his captions were hand-written in the photographic plate. Many of the pictures included indigenous First Nations people, some of whom he captioned as ‘Indians’. This image is scanned from the book. The printed image is relatively small and there are blemishes. Some major reproduction faults have been retouched digitally – if used large this image will look grainy.