International Dog Day

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On this International Dog Day, we present a few photographs from our archives at Fort Chipewyan and Aklavik in the Northwest Territories. Dog sledding was the preferred means of transport in this region before the arrival of the snowmobile.

Aklavik dog sled cab, undated. Grey Nuns of Montreal Archives, Immaculate Conception Fonds (Aklavik, Northwest Territories), ASGM, L089,Y33H
A husky dog, 1959. Grey Nuns of Montreal Archives, Immaculate Conception Fonds (Aklavik, Northwest Territories), ASGM, L089,Y,048
Source: The nurse leaves to visit some patients by dog sled, undated. Grey Nuns of Montreal Archives, Saints-Anges Convent Fonds (Fort Chipewyan, Alberta), ASGM, L032,Y27D1
Source: Grey Nuns dogsledding on Lake Athabaska, undated. Grey Nuns of Montreal Archives, Saints-Anges Convent Fonds (Fort Chipewyan, Alberta), ASGM, L032, Y27H