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Record information Fort Chipewayan (Alberta)
Date:May 1879Reference:R9266Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2838644Date(s):May 1879Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 drawing : pencil on wove paper laid down on linen with five other sketches
Support 16.000 x 24.900 cm
Secondary support 75.800 x 52.100 cmLanguage of material:no languageScope and content:an image of Fort Chipewayan which includes main buildings and surrounding houses with church; boats are moored in a bay and both military and natives have set up tents nearby., other images mounted on same page have been described in separate records.Additional name(s):Additional information:General note:set: Six sketches laid down together of the Athabasca Territory, which came from the Royal Georgraphical Society
Fort Chipewyan (Alberta) was established by the North West Company (NWC) in 1788 as a fur trading post. It is situated at the hub of the Mackenzie River drainage system (Athabasca, Slave and Peace rivers). Fort Chipewyan was the scene of numerous struggles between the NWC, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the XY Company. Its role in the fur trade declined after the introduction of steamboats.
A Roman Catholic mission was founded there in 1851, followed by the Anglicans in 1874. In 1898, the North-West Mounted Police established a post and on July 13, 1899, Treaty No 8 was signed between the Government of Canada and the Woodland Cree, Dunneza (or "Beaver") and Chipewyan.
Fort Chipewyan's population is predominantly made up of Cree, Chipewyan (Dene) and Métis peoples.Exhibitions note:Exhibition Title: The Peter Winkworth Collections of Canadiana: Vast New Lands- Canada's Northwest. Curator: Jim Burant, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.11.25 -2007.08.29.
Further Venue: Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; 2006.11.25-2007.01.21.
Further Venue: Red Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta; 2007.02.17 - 2007.04.15.
Further Venue: RCMP Heritage Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan; 2007.06.30-2007.08.29.Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscribed. Signed. Dated.Container note(s):340 : dSubject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:00340 -
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No restriction on access or on use for publication or reproduction.Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 340[Consultation Open]Copy negative [00340] C-149858[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-340:D
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