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Clarence Alphonse Gagnon

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                                                                                                                                           Collecting sawn wood in the forest       Horse and cart parked at the door        Two children play with a sled while a man drives past them on a         sledge       A horse and sledge parked by a house while two children ride             down the road on toy sledges      A man stops his horse and cart to talk to a woman       A man with a horse and cart approaches a ...

The Canadian Prairies

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          This is Ontario. Travelling west from here you see the last rocks          of  the Canadian Shield       before you reach Manitoba where the great Canadian Prairies             begin.      Manitoba Prairies       Most prairie grain elevators have been abandoned      They just rot        Sad to see       Very sad        Sometimes devastating        Even heart-breaking        Note the oil pump-jacks in the background        Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan        Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan        Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan        Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan        Grasslands National Park, Saskatche...

Alexander Young Jackson

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  Note the figure with the horse and cart and the houses in the background.  Note too the telephone polls, three of which are leaning to the right while three are leaning left.       A somewhat macabre arrangement of the trees Landscape painting. Note the sheep cuddling against a barn wall.       Note the horse towing a man on a sledge.       A village in Quebec. The woman on the right is carrying a burden       while the one on the left is busying herself with a horse and cart.       Cowley, Alberta. A couple chatting near a church.       Aurora (The Northern Lights)       L’Isle-aux-Coudres        Eastern Arctic       St Fidele. Note the two horses and sledges.       Can you see the woman working, bottom left, and the two boats         in  the water?       Street in Hul...