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A Photographic Memory

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Essays

Sense of Space

Gallery - Of Land and Sea

Canadians throughout history have conceived of the country's numerous bodies of water in many different ways. Lakes, rivers and oceans have served as sources of food, as spiritual foundations and as essential transportation routes. They have also been regarded as sources of commerce, recreation and tourism, and even as barriers to exploration and trade.

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Photograph of the Rideau Canal, taken from under Sapper's Bridge, Ottawa, circa 1875-1880

Below Sapper's Bridge
Ottawa, Ontario, ca. 1875-1880
Photographer: William James Topley
PA-008385
Source

Photograph of six men on a an ice boat, a sailboat equipped with sled runners, Québec, circa 1858-1860

"The Ice Boat, Quebec"
Québec, Quebec, ca. 1858-1860
Photographer: Samuel McLaughlin
PA-118081
Source

Panoramic photograph of the city of Kaslo, British Columbia, beside a body of water, with mountains in the background, 1899

City of Kaslo
Kaslo, British Columbia, 1899
Photographer: David Prosser Kane
C-028818
Source

Photograph showing fishing shacks, boats, lobster pots and buoys on the shore, Sandford (near Yarmouth), Nova Scotia, 1948

Fishing village of Sandford
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, September 1948
Photographer: George Hunter
PA-132755
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