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Indian hunters and trappers who live in the vast area to be affected by James Bay $6 billion development project fear damming of rivers will destroy t(...)
Indian hunters and trappers who live in the vast area to be affected by James Bay $6 billion development project fear damming of rivers will destroy t(...)

Indian hunters and trappers who live in the vast area to be affected by James Bay $6 billion development project fear damming of rivers will destroy t(...)

Date5/17/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Indian hunters and trappers who live in the vast area to be affected by James Bay $6 billion development project fear damming of rivers will destroy their livelihood. Animals can't be replaced; they say.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0008878F
      Fort George is the largest community in the region that will be affected by Quebec's plans for the east shore of James Bay. The 1,250 Indians who live there fear it will be flooded
      Fort George is the largest community in the region that will be affected by Quebec's plans for the east shore of James Bay. The 1,250 Indians who live there fear it will be flooded
      Beaty, Keith
      5/17/1972
      There are few inhabitants in the area, except Indian families living in tiny shacks, CENTRE, and trappers
      There are few inhabitants in the area, except Indian families living in tiny shacks, CENTRE, and trappers
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/19/1941
      Once proud hunters, Paraguay's displaced Toba-Maskoy Indians now live in scrapwood shacks and depend on government food shipments
      Once proud hunters, Paraguay's displaced Toba-Maskoy Indians now live in scrapwood shacks and depend on government food shipments
      Bryant, George
      3/6/1974
      Christopher Boland, co-owner of Trapper's restaurant on Yonge St
      Christopher Boland, co-owner of Trapper's restaurant on Yonge St
      Russell, Jim
      5/4/1987
      Helping to build a new addition to the family's trapper's camp in the woods, Kathleen Jolly snow-shoes through the bush to gather spruce branches for flooring of shelter made of spliced saplings
      Helping to build a new addition to the family's trapper's camp in the woods, Kathleen Jolly snow-shoes through the bush to gather spruce branches for flooring of shelter made of spliced saplings
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      3/7/1974
      Trappers Restaurant
      Trappers Restaurant
      Dunlop, Al
      8/29/1988
      25 Miles by snowmobile from Rupert House, Quebec, brought Angus Whiskeychan, holding a lynx, to the trapper's camp fo Harry Jolly and his family. The (...)
      25 Miles by snowmobile from Rupert House, Quebec, brought Angus Whiskeychan, holding a lynx, to the trapper's camp fo Harry Jolly and his family. The (...)
      Diamond, Billy, 1949-
      3/7/1974
      The three trappers : a story of adventure in the wilds of Canada
      The three trappers : a story of adventure in the wilds of Canada
      Daunt, Achille
      1893
      The three trappers : a story of adventure in the wilds of Canada
      The three trappers : a story of adventure in the wilds of Canada
      Daunt, Achille
      1889
      The three trappers : a story of adventure in the wilds of Canada
      The three trappers : a story of adventure in the wilds of Canada
      Daunt, Achille
      1882
      This James Bay woman and her baby are among inhabitants of James Bay area designated for phase II of the Hydro-Quebec power project
      This James Bay woman and her baby are among inhabitants of James Bay area designated for phase II of the Hydro-Quebec power project
      Henton, Darcy
      8/1/1991
      New voyages to North-America. Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent; their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers; the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another; with the reasons of the miscarriage of the former; and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A geographical description of Canada, and a natural history of the country, with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages, giving a full view of the religion and strange opinions of those people; with an account of the author's retreat to Portugal and Denmark, and his remards on those courts. To which is added, a dictionary of
      New voyages to North-America. Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent; their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers; the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another; with the reasons of the miscarriage of the former; and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A geographical description of Canada, and a natural history of the country, with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages, giving a full view of the religion and strange opinions of those people; with an account of the author's retreat to Portugal and Denmark, and his remards on those courts. To which is added, a dictionary of
      Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de, 1666-1716
      1735