Rindisbacher, Winter Fishing on the Ice of the Assynoibain and Red River, watercolour, 1821 |
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A young Swiss immigrant, Peter Rindisbacher, recorded his arrival aboard the ship Wellington at Fort Churchill in 1821, following this with a series of detailed images tracing his overland travels to the Red River colony. |
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Courtesy of National Archives of Canada, C-001932 |