Captain George Back's Arctic expedition to Great Fish River, Northwest Territories (NWT).

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Captain George Back's Arctic expedition to Great Fish River, Northwest Territories (NWT).

Engraving by E. Finden. Crossing Lake Aylmer, north-east of Great Slave Lake. Copied from 'Captain Back's Journal', 1833-1835. Narrative of the Arctic land epedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean. The original engraving, by E. Finden, is in the Glenbow Art Collection. Please order reproductions directly from the Art Department, citing catalogue number 61.23.7.

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Date 1834-06-25

Creator Finden, E.

Person(s) or Group(s) Back, Captain

Genre Negatives, Photographs

Place Northwest Territories

Subject Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration, Dogs in transportation, Engravings, Ice on rivers, lakes, etc., Lake Aylmer, Northwest Territories--Views, Sleighs and sledges, Snow, Winter

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Legacy Identifier na-1684-1

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Attribution "Captain George Back's Arctic expedition to Great Fish River, Northwest Territories (NWT).", 1834-06-25, (CU184526) by Finden, E.. Courtesy of Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Unique identifier: CU184526

Legacy Identifier: na-1684-1

Type: Glenbow

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