This lantern slide, "Basilica of St. Nicholas (c. 1911)," shows a canal in the Old Center district of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. On the opposite side of the canal is the Basilica of St. Nicholas, the city’s major Catholic church. The architect, Adrianus Bleijs (1842-1912), designed the church as a combination of several revival styles, prominently focusing on Neo-Baroque and Neo-Renaissance. The façade is crowned by two towers with a rose window between them. The center of this window is formed by an 1886 bas relief depicting Christ and the four Evangelists. ; Amsterdam is known as “the Venice of the North” because of its more than one hundred kilometers of canals. The city has around ninety islands and fifteen hundred bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, which were dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city. The canal ring and surrounding area were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010. This lantern slide was taken as part of a scout trip to Holland via the Port of Hull in England. According to older catalog records, one of the scoutmasters is James Archibald Kyle. Kyle worked as Organizing Secretary of the southwest London District until 1909, when Baden-Powell appointed him the second Secretary of the Official Boy Scouts Office. In this position, he organized the headquarters and developed the Equipment Department. For his work with the Association, Kyle was given the honorary title of Chief Scoutmaster. He also wrote “Band and Music for Boy Scouts,” “Firedrill for Boy Scouts,” and “Training Camps and Standing Camps for Boyscouts.” This item is a part of Springfield College’s series of lantern slides depicting a Boy Scout trip to Holland.