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Map of the end of the Hayes River at Hill Portage and of the Echimamis [sic] River

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Item

Date:

30 September-3 October 1819.

Reference:

Box number: BK-004

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2962799

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George Back fonds

Franklin Expedition to the Canadian Arctic Sketchbooks by George Back

George Back's sketchbook

Map of the end of the Hayes River at Hill Portage and of the Echimamis [sic] River
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Date(s):

30 September-3 October 1819.

Place:

Present-day Northern Manitoba:

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Extent:

1 map : sketch in pen and brown ink on wove paper.

Language of material:

English

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Map of the end of the Hayes River at Hill Portage and of the Echimamish River. This item depicts a transitional section of the portage route from Hudson's Bay toward Lake Winnipeg, of significance to the Métis Nation. Directions and distances are also inscribed on this folio.

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Draftsman: Back, George, Sir, 1796-1878

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Physical description note:

This item consists of two pages (folio 9 verso and 10 recto) of a bound sketchbook, which can also be accessed in cover-to-cover form.

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency of items before conservation is of the double page, folio 9 verso and 10 recto (C-141370 and C-141371). The items have also been copied as C-145828 -- C-145830

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in pen and brown ink, from top down on folio 9 verso, in the direction of the journey: "commencement; river narrow; Sep 30th; rabbit ground; the end of the river to Hill portage; Oct 1st; Lower Hill gates Portage; hauling place"; on folio 10 recto: "White fall; October 3d; White fall lake or water; Painted Stone portage and commencement of the Echemamis [sic] river; Painted Stone source of the Echeamamis [sic]"; (Partial transcription)

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Manitoba

Source:

Private

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1994-254 DAP
00001.9V
00001.10R
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access under supervision of art archivist

Box [1994-254]

[Consultation 90 Open]

BK-004 Item no. assigned by LAC 1.9V AND 1.10R

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1994-254]

[Consultation 0 ]

C-141370--C-141371;

[Consultation 0 ]

C-145828--C-145830;

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1994-254-1.9V and 1.10R Acquired with the assistance of Hoechst and Celanese Canada and with a grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage under the Cultural Property Export and Import Act
Copyright: Expired

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