On Canada Day, fascinating photographs show how the wild untamed country looked when it first came into being in 1867

A fascinating set of pictures has been released to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation. As thousands across the world celebrate Canada Day, the photos depict what Canada was like in the 19th Century, including in the year of Confederation, 1867. Pictured: Three women and two children posed in a snowy scene outside some parliamentary buildings in the winter of 1894 (top left), a pack train for the Bartlett Brothers in Dawson, Yukon, in 1899 (top right), pupils and adults outside Berthier School in 1886 (bottom left) and three companions at Table Rock at the Niagra Falls, circa 1860 (bottom right).