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Map of route from Fort Enterprise to Little Marten Lake

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

29-30 August 1820-9 September 1820.

Reference:

Box number: BK-004

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2963249

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George Back fonds

Franklin Expedition to the Canadian Arctic Sketchbooks by George Back

George Back's sketchbook

Map of route from Fort Enterprise to Little Marten Lake
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

29-30 August 1820-9 September 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 route from Fort Enterprise to Little Marten Lake. While the rest of the expedition stayed at Fort Enterprise to prepare for the winter, George Back led a smaller team overland to the Coppermine to scout out their path for the coming spring. 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 27 verso and 28 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 27 verso and folio 28 recto (C-141405 and C-141406). This page has also been copied as C-145882 -- C-145884.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in pen and brown ink, from bottom of folio 28 recto, in the direction of the journey: "Portage 1050 yds; Portage 460 yds; Portage 700 yds; Slave Rock; Portage 250 yds; Portage 300 yds; Slept the 29th; Martin Lake; left the Canoe; Slept the 9th Sept; Slept the 30th Augt"; (Partial transcription)
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Northwest Territories

Territoires du Nord-Ouest
Source:

Private

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1994-254 DAP
00001.27V
00001.28R
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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 1.27V AND 1.28R

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1994-254]

[Consultation 0 ]

C-141405--C-141406;

[Consultation 0 ]

C-145882--C-145884;

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1994-254-1.27V and 1.28R. 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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