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Commemorating the 200th anniversary of Franklinʼs historic overland journey to the shores of the polar sea
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Scientific Observation

October 15, 2021 franklinadmin Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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

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The Rediscovery of the Erebus

September 2, 2020 franklinadmin Leave a comment

On September 2, 2014, Parks Canada announced that it had definitively found one of the Franklin expedition ships in Wilmot…

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  • Scientific Observation
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