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Joe La Flamme, an expert on Canadian sled dogs, has used wolves in harness pulling his sleds
Joe La Flamme, an expert on Canadian sled dogs, has used wolves in harness pulling his sleds

Joe La Flamme, an expert on Canadian sled dogs, has used wolves in harness pulling his sleds

Date1/13/1940
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    ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
    Object NumberTSPA_0060899F
    The dogs of Fort hope have not inherited the skills of old like pulling sleds
    The dogs of Fort hope have not inherited the skills of old like pulling sleds
    Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
    2/13/1976
    Mush, you huckies! A team of sled dogs lunges into the harness on the gosled course in trials organized by the Siberian Husky Dog Association Saturday(...)
    Mush, you huckies! A team of sled dogs lunges into the harness on the gosled course in trials organized by the Siberian Husky Dog Association Saturday(...)
    McConnell, Colin
    1/11/1981
    Lots of guns were left out like this, and boats are carried on sleds by seal hunters who go out to the floe edge, in Pangnirtung
    Lots of guns were left out like this, and boats are carried on sleds by seal hunters who go out to the floe edge, in Pangnirtung
    Harpur, Tom
    12/20/1977
    Sleds and planes are the best way to get around the barren North
    Sleds and planes are the best way to get around the barren North
    Spremo, Boris
    8/30/1986
    Flat out on luge run, club instructor Bjorn Iversen demonstrates how to achieve top speed on the racing sleds that can reach 80 m.p.h. on Olympic stan(...)
    Flat out on luge run, club instructor Bjorn Iversen demonstrates how to achieve top speed on the racing sleds that can reach 80 m.p.h. on Olympic stan(...)
    Bull, Ron
    12/21/1976
    Four boys sitting on a wagon, two sled dogs nearby
    Children playing on wagon with sled dogs
    Hubbert, Mildred Young
    1945
    Joe LaFlamme, usually clean shaven, grew a real crop of whiskers for his proposed trip south with his wolves
    Joe LaFlamme, usually clean shaven, grew a real crop of whiskers for his proposed trip south with his wolves
    LaFlamme, Joe, 1889-1965
    1/21/1939
    Joe Laflamme's 10-year-old son Orris handles wolves as fearlessly as does his father
    Joe Laflamme's 10-year-old son Orris handles wolves as fearlessly as does his father
    LaFlamme, Joe, 1889-1965
    2/25/1939
    Jack Miner in his tent in land of moose writing the article deer and wolves, right where the wolves exist
    Jack Miner in his tent in land of moose writing the article deer and wolves, right where the wolves exist
    Miner, Jack, 1865-1944
    1/25/1929
    With a kick Pierre Trudeau helps his dog powered sled get started at Pelly Bay, N
    With a kick Pierre Trudeau helps his dog powered sled get started at Pelly Bay, N
    Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
    3/13/1970
    For the first time in Canadian aviation history, wolves were carried as paying passengers when Trainer Laflamme brought his team from Gogama to Sudbury on the first lap of an exhibition tour which will take him to Montreal, Boston and New York
    For the first time in Canadian aviation history, wolves were carried as paying passengers when Trainer Laflamme brought his team from Gogama to Sudbury on the first lap of an exhibition tour which will take him to Montreal, Boston and New York
    LaFlamme, Joe, 1889-1965
    1/26/1939
    Gordon Playter (son of John L. Playter) on dog sled, near present Jackman Avenue
    Gordon Playter (son of John L. Playter) on dog sled, near present Jackman Avenue
    Playter, Gordon
    1900