Valley of Kootenay from hills near Akleu Cache (left bank) looking N.W
between 1857 and 1862 National Archives and Records Administration
About this artwork
A landscape watercolor depicting the Kootenay Valley from the perspective of the hills near Akleu Cache. The work was likely produced during the artist's time documenting the United States Northwest Boundary Survey.
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James Madison Alden served as the official artist for the United States Northwest Boundary Survey, documenting the rugged and uncharted borderlands between the United States and British North America. His delicate watercolors provided crucial visual records of the Pacific Northwest geography that photography was not yet equipped to capture in the field under such harsh conditions.
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Valley of Kootenay from hills near Akleu Cache (left bank) looking N.W
James Alden, between 1857 and 1862
