Archdeacon MacKay travelling by canoe with Miss Annie Taylor (Deaconess) and Mr. Turner (Farm instructor) on North Saskatchewan River near McKay School near The Pas, Manitoba. - [ca. 1920]
Photo consists of four white people and four First Nations men in two canoes. The First Nations men are Louis and Robert MacGillivray, Henry Wilson and Henry Bloomfield.
Besides Archdeacon MacKay, the other white people are incorrectly identified. See below. Miss Kate E. Halson is travelling in Archdeacon Mackay's canoe. Canon and Mrs. E.K. Matheson are in the other canoe.
Notes
Same photo as P7565-126, but people identified as Mrs. Matheson, the Rev. Canon E.K Matheson, Archdeacon J.A. Mackay, and Miss Halson. The photograph has been published using these names and verified in W.A. Letter Leaflet that the Dorcas Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Kate E. Halson did make the trip from The Pas, MB to Lac La Ronge, SK by canoe in 1920.
1 photoprint : b&w ; 25cm x 17.3cm mounted on 35.5cm x 28cm
Scope and Content
Photo consists of four white people and four Indigenous men in two canoes. The Indigenous men are Louis and Robert MacGillivray, Henry Wilson and Henry Bloomfield.
Canon E.K. Matheson was Principal of Battleford Industrial School, 1895-1914.
Notes
Same photo as P2003-08-3, but white people identified as Archdeacon J.A. MacKay, Miss Annie Taylor (Deaconess), Mr. Turner (Farm instructor) and wife.
Psalms and hymns in the language of Cree Indians of the Diocese of Saskatchewan, North-West America. - compiled and translated by the Rev. J.A. Mackay, D.D., Missionary of the Church Missionary Society, and Archdeacon of Saskatchewan