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Prospectors Setting up Camp

Black-and-white photograph of three prospectors. One of them is paddling a canoe while the two others are lighting a fire.

Date: twentieth century

Credits: BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Joseph Hermann Bolduc funds, mine series. 08Y,P124,S32,D385-1-3.

Given that the work of prospectors was most often done far away from any other settlement, they often had to live in the wild for many weeks on end. Prospectors would set up rudimentary camps and explore nearby lands.