Sam Waller Museum
The Pas, Manitoba

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The Saskatchewan River - Highway Through History
Location: The Pas, Manitoba, Canada

 
Crooked knife (draw knife) used for shaping wood for canoes and snowshoes.
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Stone fish net weight.
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Piece of a birch bark canoe found near the Saskatchewan River.
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Top hat similar to the type popular in Europe during the fur trade era.
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Hudson's Bay Company copper kettle found when excavating a local school in 1955.
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An Aboriginal man paddling a canoe on the Saskatchewan River.
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Parks Canada centennial 'Great Heritage Canoe Pageant' performance at The Pas.
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The Pas in 1858 (drawing).
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Reproduction of a hand drawn depiction of early The Pas
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The Reader Family
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Watercolour picture in frame made from wood trim from the 'Northcote' (from the Reader family).
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Two people in a canoe on the Saskatchewan River.
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Ross, Captain Horatio Hamilton
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Nipawin cruising on the Saskatchewan River.
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Nipawin docked in The Pas.
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S.S. Nipawin, Minasin and Tobin at Ross Navigation Company docks on The Pas River (Pasquia River).
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S.S. Nipawin iced in for the winter in front of the Tobin near the Railroad Bridge.
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Two paddlewheel steamboats, the Nipawin and the Tobin.
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