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Indigenous fishing camp

Albumen print (around 1870): Indigenous fishing camp, Restigouche River, QC-NB. Campsite by the river (QC-NB border). Foreground: birch bark canoe near bushes. Left: conical structure (wigwam/traditional shelter), several people. Centre: fire (thick smoke). Background: wooded hill under a cloudy sky. Bottom right: “Indian fishing camp, Restigouche.”

Indigenous fishing camp, Restigouche River, QC-NB, about 1870, Alexander Henderson (1831-1913), albumen print. McCord Dtuart Museum Stewart Public Domain.

The presence of the bark canoe, a traditional mode of transport for Indigenous peoples of the region, suggests that the individuals near the shelter may have belonged to a local Indigenous community, while the men on the right may have been observers or people involved in exchanges with this community.