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Temagami First Nation and Bear Island, Ontario:
   Canadian History in Vintage Postcards

Temagami Indian Lady with Canoe

Highlighting in vintage postcards the history of towns and townships in the greater Lake Nipissing and Lake Temagami areas of Northern Ontario, Canada, including the Nipissing District and portions of the Parry Sound District in the “Blue Sky Region.” These Canadian postcards are shown for educational purposes. If you have images or historical information which you’d like to share with our virtual digital museum, feel free to do so.

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Old antique postcards tell the stories of North Bay, Temagami, Bonfield, Callander and Corbeil, Commanda, the Ferguson Highway (Highway 11), Lavigne and Verner, Marten River, Alderdale, Mattawa, Monetville and Noëlville, Nipissing Village, Powassan and Trout Creek, Sturgeon Falls, Sundridge, Trout Lake, Restoule, South River, Tilden Lake, Dokis, Rutherglen, Trout Mills and other areas of interest. Enjoy the story of Antoine’s Moose-Yard, about an Indian-guided hunting trip over 100 years ago.

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Bear Island

Temagami, Bear Island Aerial 1 Temagami, Bear Island Catholic Church 1 Temagami, Bear Island Catholic Church 2 Temagami, Bear Island Catholic Church 3 Temagami, Spring Break-Up at Bear Island
Temagami Bear Island Anglican Temagami Bear Island Aubrey Cosens Steamer Temagami Canoes at Bear Island Temagami Bear Island Canoe Temagami Near Bear Island
Temagami Bear Island Aerial 2 Temagami Bear Island from Lake Temagami, Bear Island Hotel Temagami Bear Island Aerial 3 Temagami Bear Island Fire Rangers Hall and Lakeview Hotel
Temagami, Bear Island, Hutching's Store, c. 1924-1949 Temagami Bear Island Path Temagami Steamer Belle Leaving Bear Island Temagami, Bear Island Homes, c. 1940s

Hudson’s Bay Company

Temagami Bear Island Hudson Bay 1 Temagami Bear Island Hudson Bay Company Exterior Temagami Hudson Bay Company Interior Temagami Hudson Bay Company Exterior 2 Temagami Hudson Bay Company Esso Gas
Temagami Hudson Bay Company Exterior 3 Temagami Crowds at Hudson Bay Company Temagami, Hudson's Bay Post Exterior, c. 1924-1949 Temagami Bear Island Hudson Bay 2 Temagami Bear Island Hudson Bay 3
Temagami Bear Island Hudson Bay 4 Temagami Bear Island Hudson Bay 5 Temagami Hudson Bay Company Cover Temagami Bear Island Hudson Bay 6 Temagami Bear Island Hudson Bay 7
Temagami Bear Island Hudson Bay 8 1960s Aerial View of the Hudson Bay Company on Bear Island, Temagami, Ontario Temagami, Indians at Hudson's Bay Company Wharf in 1929, Captioned as The Only Means of Travel in Temagami
Temagami, Regatta Day at Bear Island 1 Temagami, Regatta Day at Bear Island 2

Temagami First Nation, Teme-Augama Anishnabai

Temagami Bear Island Indian Camp Temagami Indian Guide Temagami Ned Temagami Smoking Sweet Grass Temagami Native Women, c. 1939
Temagami Wigwam Temagami Ojibway Children at Camp Wabikon Temagami Indian Girl Temagami, Bear Island Indian Cemetery 1 Temagami Fur Trapper
Temagami Reserve Indian Women Temagami Indian Wigwam in 1931 Temagami Indian Fishing Guide Temagami Indian Church Temagami Bear Island Indian Family
Temagami, Indian Children c. 1922 Temagami, Simon White Duck and Frank Le Valle, c. 1922 Temagami Cree and Ojibway Indian Hockey Game Temagami, Sled Dog on a Wintry Day Temagami, Indian Family Dog Sledding
Temagami Indian Lady with Canoe Temagami, Bear Island Indian Cemetery 2, c. 1922 Ojibway Indians from Bear Island Play Cree Indians from the Cree Reservation on January 11, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario as Part of a Canadian and U.S. Tour Temagami, Indian Home Temagami, Chief White Bear's Home
Temagami, Chief White Bear and His Family Temagami, Little Indian Charlie in 1929, Described as an Orphan First Nation Mother and Child, on Bear Island at Temagami, Ontario Temagami, Bear Island Indian Cemetery 3, c. 1930s
Temagami, Ojibway Tikinagan, or Cradleboard, c. 1920s

This handsome native image was found in a “Souvenir View Album” published by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway to promote travel and tourism in an area extending from North Bay to Cochrane.

Temagami, Ontario First Nation Family, c. 1915
 
Greetings from Temagami, Ontario, c. 1950s

We’ve saved the worst for last. Here’s the Canadian Post Card Co. of Toronto’s portrayal of a “Native Canadian Indian Chief,” bearing “Greetings from Temagami” on the reverse. We named him Chief Wannabe.

 

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