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Map of the route along the Athabasca River past Pierre au Calumet

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Item

Date:

19 March 1820.

Reference:

Box number: BK-004

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2963384

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George Back fonds

Franklin Expedition to the Canadian Arctic Sketchbooks by George Back

George Back's sketchbook

Map of the route along the Athabasca River past Pierre au Calumet
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Date(s):

19 March 1820.

Place:

Present-day Alberta:

Place of creation:

Alberta

Extent:

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

Language of material:

English

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Map of the route along the Athabasca River past Pierre au Calumet, charted during the voyage from Cumberland House to Fort Chipewyan in the winter of 1820. 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 49 recto) of a bound sketchbook, which can also be accessed in cover-to-cover form. The page has been squared for transfer.

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency of the item before conservation is of the double page spread, folio 48 verso and 49 recto (C-141446 and C-141447). This page has also been copied as C-145946 -- C-145947.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: in pen and brown ink, from bottom up, in the direction of the journey: "HB; NW: Pierre au Calumet"; (Partial transcription)

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Alberta

Source:

Private

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1994-254 DAP
00001.49R
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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

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1994-254]

[Consultation 0 ]

C-141447;

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C-145946--C-145947;

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1994-254-1.49R. 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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