The photo was taken from a floating raft in front of the village of Garthby Station. The view is looking west.
In the foreground, on the left, is a barge equipped with railings. This barge transported wood that was used to fuel the boilers of the tugs' steam engines.
In the mid-ground, on the right, two floating platforms on which large wooden winches are installed.
In the background, a part of the village of Garthby, with the church in the center. Along the lake, a steam train drifting north.
At https://townshipsarchives.ca/image-13-4/edit#the bottom of the photo, on the left, an inscription engraved on the negative of the photo: "Garthby, QUE.", and in the middle, the initials "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.