[Message left in glass bottle by Lietenant Frederick Schwatka]
"Cape Felix, King William Sound
July 5th 1879
The Franklin [?] 1878-79
reached the above [?] July 3rd. Found
this cairn to-day [?]der but containing
nothing [? Lieutenant] Irving's
remains in bay just [?] Jane Franklin
June 27th, identified by [medal] awarded
him at Royal Naval [College], Found part
of a skeleton b[?] Franklin Pt.
And mouth of Collinson Inlet. No
other remains, graves or [records?] have
been found. Start in [?] on return
trip July 7th. Party [?] all well.
Frederick Schwatka
Lieut. U.S. Army
C[?]d'g"
Surveyed by S. Fawcett.
Surveyed by S.D. Fawcett.
Approved by the Surveyor General, Department of the Interior.
Approved by the Surveyor General, Department of the Interior.
Approved by the Surveyor General, Department of the Interior.
Approved by the Surveyor General, Department of the Interior.
Approved by the Surveyor General, Department of the Interior.
Map 186A issued by the Department of Mines, Geological Survey.
Map 186A issued by the Department of Mines, Geological Survey.
Also includes some indications of traditional land use.
Produced by the Department of Mines.
Produced by C.G. Mundy (Edmonton).
Fort Resolution sawmill area. Surveyed by G.H. Blanchet.
Approved by the Surveyor General, Department of the Interior.
Approved by the Surveyor General, Department of the Interior.
Surveyed by R.W. Cautley. [Area south of Fort Smith}
Approved by the Surveyor General, Department of the Interior.
One map of "Yellowknife River and adjacent lakes from Yellowknife Village north to the third portage," is also dated July 1-September 7, 1928, and was drawn by Mr. Smyth. Scale 1" to 4,000 feet. The present day site of Detah is indicated on the map as being Yellowknife Village. Mineral deposits in the area have been annotated onto the map.
Approved by the Surveyor General, Department of the Interior.