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Canadian Voyageurs. : Walking a Canoe up a Rapid.

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  • PUBLISHER: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. New York.

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph handcolored,

    DATE: undated.

  • EDITION SIZE: Small folio - image size 7 15/16 x 12 7/16" (202 x 315 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: The scene depicts traders and trappers, probably working for the Hudson's Bay Company, as they unload a large canoe so that they can transport their goods and the canoe in a land portage around unnavigable rapids.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition, save for remains of old mat line.

  • REFERENCE: Conningham #779. Gale #869.

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