Diary of James Mackinlay
Database ID | 24902 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections | |
Fonds/Collection | Morton Manuscripts Collection | |
Series | MSS C510 | |
File/Item Reference | MSS C510-1-3 | |
Date of creation | 1890 | |
Physical description/extent | 1 volume; 50 p. | |
Number of images | 46 | |
Scope and content | One bound copy of the diary maintained by Mackinlay May 7- August 23, 1890 during a summer journey northward from near Taltheilei on the east end of Great Slave Lake in the company of Wharburton Pike. Pike used the diary freely in his narrative of the journey called The Barren Grounds of Northern Canada. Mention of "Indians" in various situations and circumstances from trading and guiding to getting equipment made or repaired. Frequent mention of caribou and other animals killed and fish caught. | |
Contributer | Mackinlay, James (author) | |
Copyright holder | University of Saskatchewan | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
Type | Archival | |
Primary Media | Textual documents | |
Specific document types | Field notes | |
Provenance Access Point | Morton, A.S. | |
Location of originals | The Library of the North-West Territories, Department of the Interior. | |
Treaty boundaries | No treaty | |
Cultural region | Arctic Subarctic | |
Names | Hudson's Bay Company Mackinlay, James | |
Subject | North Trade Hunting and Trapping Fishing Fauna Flora Transportation -- Canoe/Kayak Shelter and temporary camps Fur Trade | |
Date Range(s) | 1890-1899 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/24902 |