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Donald Finlayson fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1888-1889.

Reference:

R6945-0-1-E, MG29-C68

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100900

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Donald Finlayson fonds
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Date(s):

1888-1889.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

15 m of textual records (15 p.) transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a diary kept by Donald Finlayson describing his journey with his brother John and others from the forks of the Saskatchewan River to Reindeer Lake where they built a shanty, typescript, dated 12 July 1888 to 2 January 1889, 13 pages; and extracts of letters from Gideon Halcrow, the man in charge of the Hudson's Bay Company post at the south end of Reindeer Lake, to H. Belanger, Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, Cumberland District, reporting the discovery of the bodies of the Finlayson brothers, typescript, dated 31 January and 16 February, 1889, 2 pages.

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Finlayson, Donald, d. 1889

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Hudson's Bay Company

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Finlayson, Donald, d. 1889 : Donald and John Finlayson set out Lac du Brochet at the north end of the lake on 7 December 1888. When their provisions were depleted, they turned back. They died on 2 January 1989, seven miles from their shanty.

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General note:

Received in 1967 from Mr. Clarence Halliday of Cobourg, Ont.; copied from originals held by Mr. Donald Finlayson's son.

Location of originals note:

Originals with Mr. Finlayson's son.
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Donald Finlayson - Diaries, 1888-1889 John Finlayson, 1888-1889

Donald Finlayson - Autobiography, 1888-1889 Gideon Halerow, 1889

John Finlayson - Biography, 1888-1889 H. Belanger, 1889

Donald Finlayson - Journeys, 1888-1889 Saskatchewan River (Sask.), 1888

John Finlayson - Journeys, 1888-1889 Reindeer Lake (Sask.), 1888-1889

Gideon Halcrow - Correspondence, 1889 Lac du Brochet (Sask.), 1888-1889

H. Belanger - Correspondence, 1889 Hudson's Bay Company, Cumberland District, 1889

Saskatchewan - Description and travel, 1888-1889

Death - Records - Canada, 1889
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Private

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MG29-C68
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG29 C 68] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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