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Map of a section of the Echemamis [sic] River, Blackwater Creek and Hairy Lake

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Item

Date:

4 October 1819.

Reference:

Box number: BK-004

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2962820

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George Back fonds

Franklin Expedition to the Canadian Arctic Sketchbooks by George Back

George Back's sketchbook

Map of a section of the Echemamis [sic] River, Blackwater Creek and Hairy Lake
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

4 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 a section of the Echimamish River. This item depicts a 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 is one page (folio 10 verso) of a bound sketchbook, which can also be accessed in cover-to-cover form.

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available: C-141372; C-145831; C-145833

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in pen and brown ink, from top down, in the direction of the journey: "commencement of Hairy Lake; Echemamis [sic]; Hairy Lake; Oct 4th; Blackwater creek; Tea river"; (Partial transcription)

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Manitoba

Source:

Private

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1994-254 DAP
00001.10V
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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 1.10V

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1994-254]

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C-141372;

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C-145831;

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C-145833;

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1994-254-1.10V 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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