Travel on the Bay in Spring
![Man sitting on sled the convas coverings for the baggage](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/la-vie-est-une-expedition_life-is-an-expedition/wp-content/uploads/sites/62/2016/11/boat-1.jpg)
Source: Collection of the Cree Nation of Wemindji
Date: mid 20th C
This fully loaded canoe is mounted on a sled for spring travel to goose hunting camp when the ice covering James Bay becomes unreliable. A team of 8 or 10 dogs would be harnessed to the sled. The addition of a sail and a favourable wind would speed up the journey.