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Forest Scene A forest scene in British Columbia. By E. Sandys
(active 1880-1900). ID #21784 |
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B.C. Rain-Forest A coastal rain-forest and 1920's
lumberman. ID #10019 |
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Iles of Spruce Celebrating the works of Canada's famed Group of
Seven, Arthur Lismer's painting, "Iles of Spruce", was reproduced on a 1970
Canadian stamp. ID #23007 |
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Tom Thomson Two Canadian postage stamps displaying works
by the famed Canadian Group of Seven painter, Tom Thomson: "April in Algonquin
Park" and "Autumn Birches." ID #23041 |
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Evergreen Close-up view of young cones in a coniferous
forest. ID #23061 |
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Black Walnut A young black walnut tree representing an
extension of the Carolinian woods into southern Ontario. ID #23032 |
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Softwood Forest An Ontario forest of softwood
evergreens. ID #23033 |
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Autumn Colours The many underbrush hues of a hardwood
forest in autumn. ID #23055 |
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Mature Hardwoods A mature hardwood forest allows little light
to filter through, creating dark woods with scarce undergrowth. ID #23075 |
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Maple Forest A close-up of a large maple in an old-growth forest
of maples. ID #23092 |
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1528 Samuel de Champlain ID #23082 |
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Birch Woods A young birch woods, common across the
Canadian Shield. Watercolour by Alfred Ernest Boultbee (1864-1929). ID #23238 |
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Island of Ice An Arctic island of ice, 1818. Watercolour by John
Ross (1777-1856) when in command of an unsuccessful Royal Naval expedition to seek a
navigable North West Passage to Asia. ID #23248 |
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Hudson Strait, 1840s. An iceberg, a ship, and some walrus near
the entrance of Hudson Strait, Northwest Territories, c. 1840. Watercolour and gouache by
George Back (1796-1878). ID #23250 |
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