File E/C/M211 - James McKinlay Correspondence and Diary

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James McKinlay Correspondence and Diary

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E/C/M211

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  • 1880, 1885 (Creation)

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1 cm of textual records.

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File consists of correspondence regarding McKinlay family finances and a diary written by James McKinlay titled "Diary of the Great Fish River Exploring Party."

The diary is written by a different James McKinlay than the eldest son of Archibald McKinlay, and documents a journey from Fort Resolution through the Northwest Territories with Warburton Pike. This James McKinlay was a clerk with the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort St. John, Fort Resolution, and Fort Smith.

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The diary is a transcript and location of the original is unknown.

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Records digitized in 2020.

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Archives code(s): E/C/M211.

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