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Commemorating the 200th anniversary of Franklinʼs historic overland journey to the shores of the polar sea
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Great Slave Lake

Place Names in Dëne Dédlıné Yatıé

May 30, 2023 franklinadmin

Dëne Dédliné Yatıé is a dialect of Chipewyan closest to that spoken by the Tetsǫ́t’ıné (Yellowknives) of Akaitcho’s time. It…

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Scientific Observation

October 15, 2021 franklinadmin

While this web exhibit has focused the bulk of its attention on the narrative of Franklin’s journey and its geographic…

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Cherish Springer

Gothic Horror

October 8, 2021 franklinadmin

Cherish Springer, an illustrator specializing in nautical themes and storytelling from Boston, Massachusetts, has focused on the search for the…

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A Discovery of Strangers

June 18, 2021 franklinadmin

Rudy Wiebe won the 1994 Governor General’s Award for the complex and compelling account of the first Overland Expedition. Perhaps…

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Dead Reckoning

June 1, 2021 franklinadmin

Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage is a recently published omnibus narrative of all the major European…

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Modern Adventures

May 20, 2021 franklinadmin

Many people over the last two centuries have recreated parts of Franklin’s journey. The Coppermine in particular has been a…

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Reenactment

March 27, 2021 franklinadmin

Over the years, residents of the Northwest Territories have reenacted the fateful meeting of Akaitcho and Lieutenant Franklin at Old…

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Franklin’s Fervour

March 3, 2021 franklinadmin

Throughout the first Overland Expedition, Franklin and his fellow officers could be found reading various religious tracts to pass the…

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Skin for Skin

Emperor of the North

October 9, 2020 franklinadmin

Unbeknownst to Franklin, his party set sail in 1819 at the height of the brutal corporate war between the Hudson’s…

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The Working Class of Rupert’s Land

September 6, 2020 franklinadmin

Every Canadian child is introduced to voyageur songs at some point in their education. The rhythmic and repetitive “Alouette, gentille…

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