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Commemorating the 200th anniversary of Franklinʼs historic overland journey to the shores of the polar sea
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Month: August 2020

Contemporaries: Mary Shelley

August 31, 2020 franklinadmin

Mary Shelley, born this day in 1797, was the same age as George Back and Robert Hood. She began writing…

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August 26, 2020 franklinadmin

My instructions, in substance, informed me that the main object of the Expedition was that of determining the latitudes and…

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The Prince of Wales

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Launched in 1793, the HBC ship Prince of Wales ferried Franklin and his party from Gravesend, England to York Factory…

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Fort Enterprise

Founding of Fort Enterprise

August 20, 2020 franklinadmin

On August 20, 1820, at the recommendation of Akaitcho and his fellow hunters, the Franklin party set up their advanced…

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Porden

Franklin’s First Wife

August 17, 2020 franklinadmin

In recent years, the Record Office in Derbyshire, England has been cataloguing a treasure trove of Franklin letters. Of particular…

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Yellowknife

August 3, 2020 franklinadmin

In the early hours of August 3, 1820, Franklin’s party set out from (Old) Fort Providence for the Yellowknife River…

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