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Map of part of the Yellowknife River near Prosperous Lake

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

3-5 August 1820.

Reference:

Box number: BK-004

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2963217

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 the Yellowknife River near Prosperous Lake
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

3-5 August 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

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Map of part of the Yellowknife River near Prosperous Lake, Northwest Territories. 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 20 verso and 21 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 20 verso and folio 21 recto (C-141392 and C-141393). These pages were also copied as C-145861 -- C-145863.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in pen and brown ink, from folio 20 verso across to folio 21 recto: "August 4th; August 4th; August 5th; Tented 3d August; Steep Portage; Bow string Portage; Lake Prosperous; Blue Berry Portage; Cascade Portage; Double Fall Portage; Grassy Lake Portage; 2d. Grassy Portage; 3d Grassy Portage; Tented Aug 4; Yellowknife Portage; Valley Portage; Crooked Portage; Upper double fall Portage"; (Partial transcription)
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Northwest Territories

Territoires du Nord-Ouest
Source:

Private

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1994-254 DAP
00001.20V
00001.21R
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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 1.20V AND 1.21R

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1994-254]

[Consultation 0 ]

C-141392--C-141393;

[Consultation 0 ]

C-145861--C-145863;

[Consultation 0 ]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1994-254-1.20V and 1.21R. 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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