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Red River Expedition, Col. Wolseley's camp, Prince Arthur's Landing, Lake Superior, 1870

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Red River Expedition, Colonel Wolseley's camp, Prince Arthur's Landing, Lake Superior

1870, by William Armstrong

Armstrong was an artist, civil engineer, photographer, and draughtsman. He accompanied Colonel Garnet Wolseley during the Red River Expedition as its chief engineer. Many of his views of the Red River Expedition were published in the Canadian Illustrated News and were well received by Protestants and Orangemen in Ontario as they eagerly followed reports of the expedition's progress.

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