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Map of part of Great Slave Lake

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

27-29 July 1820.

Reference:

Box number: BK-004

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2963215

Context of this record:

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George Back fonds

Franklin Expedition to the Canadian Arctic Sketchbooks by George Back

George Back's sketchbook

Map of part of Great Slave Lake
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

27-29 July 1820.

Place:

Present-day Northwest Territories:

Place of creation:

Northwest Territories

Extent:

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

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Map of part of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. Directions and distances are also inscribed on this folio. The page has been squared for transfer.

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Draftsman: Back, George, Sir, 1796-1878

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Physical description note:

This item consists of two pages (folio 18 verso and 19 recto) of a bound sketchbook, which can also be accessed in cover-to-cover form.

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency of the items before conservation is of the double page spread, folio 18 verso and folio 19 recto (C-141388 and C-141389). These pages have also been copied as C-145855 -- C-145857.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in pen and brown ink, from top down on folio 18 verso: "apparently the Main; July 28th; July 29th; Encamped July 28th; Great Slave Lake"; on folio 19 recto: "MacKenzies Cape; Isle la Cache; Carrilauf Islands; Encamped July 27th; Stoney Island"; (Partial transcription)
Subject heading:

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Northwest Territories

Territoires du Nord-Ouest
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1994-254 DAP
00001.18V
00001.19R
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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 1.18R AND 1.19V

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1994-254]

[Consultation 0 ]

C-141388--C-141389;

[Consultation 0 ]

C-145855--C-145857;

[Consultation 0 ]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1994-254-1.18V and 1.19R. 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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