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image no.	contact sheet	collection	description	subject(s)	date
`13895`	`A0431`	Miscellaneous Collection	Captain Thomas James, Drawing. Made A Voyage To Discover North West Passage To Far East	Exploration ▪ North West Passage ▪ Personalities	1631
`7925`	`A0248`	Miscellaneous Collection	Captain Thomas James, Narine Explorer, Cartographer, Author. In 1631 He Was Commissioned By A Group Of Bristol Merchants To Look For The North West Passage Out Of Hudson Bay. After Exploring The Western Coast Of The Bay, He Decided That The Northwest Pas,	Art ▪ Authors ▪ Exploration ▪ North West Passage ▪ Personalities	1631
`2449`	`A0078`	Archives of Manitoba	Critical Position Of Hms "Investigator" On The North Coast Of Baring Island, August 20, 1851. A Lithograph From A Series Of Eight Sketches In Colour (Together With A Chart Of The Route) By Lieut. S. Gurney Cresswell, Of The Voyage Of Hms "Investigator" (Captain Mcclure) During The Discovery Of The North West Passage	Boats ▪ Exploration ▪ Icebergs ▪ North West Passage ▪ Ships	1851
`2440`	`A0078`	Archives of Manitoba	Drawing Of Ship Searching For North West Passage, (1534-1859)	Boats ▪ Exploration ▪ North West Passage ▪ Ships
`2487`	`A0079`	Archives of Manitoba	Jacques Cartier (From St. Malo, France) Was Commissioned By The King Of France, King Francis I To Find The North West Passage To The Spice Islands. He Sailed Through The Straits Of Belle Isle And Explored The Gulf Of St. Lawrence. He Entered And Named The Bay Of Chaleurs And Spent July 12th And 13th In Gaspe Area. Cartier Is Seen Here Bartering With Indians He Met In 1534 With Perce Rock In The Background. On July 24th He Planted A 30 Foot Cross With The Fleur-De-Lis Flag And The Words "Vive Le Roy De France" (Long Live The King Of France). On His Second Trip From France In 1535 Up The St. Lawrence As Far As Hochelaga (Now Montreal) Many Of His Men Were Decimated By Scurvy So He Returned To France. On His Third Trip In 1541, Cartier Established A Fort At Cap Rouge. Image From A Painting By J.D. Kelly	Costumes ▪ Exploration ▪ Flags ▪ North West Passage ▪ Personalities ▪ Ships	1534
`7829`	`A0245`	R.C.M.P. Collection	Rcmp Schooner "St. Roch" Built In 1928, Leaving Halifax, Nova Scotia On Her Return Voyage To Navigate The North West Passage, On July 22, 1944. Inset: Staff Sergeant Henry Asbjorn Larsen (Born In Fredrikstad, Norway In 1899), Who With A Crew Of Eight Left Esquimault, Bc, On June 9, 1940 To Navigate The Northwest Passage From West To East In The 300 Ton Ship "St. Roch". The Schooner "St. Roch" And Crew Reached Halifax, Ns, On October 11, 1942. (The "St. Roch" Is Preserved In The Vancouver Maritime Museum.)	Boats ▪ North West Passage ▪ RCMP ▪ Ships	1944
`7957`	`A0249`	Miscellaneous Collection	Roald Amundsen, 1872-1928, Was First To Winter In Antarctic; First To Sail North West Passage; First To Reach South Pole And First To Make Spitzbergen-Alaska Crossing In Airship “Norge”	Exploration ▪ North West Passage ▪ Personalities
`2481`	`A0079`	Archives of Manitoba	Royal North West Mounted Police (Rnwmp) Patrol Boat "St. Roch" At Beechey Island After Completing A Trip, That Took 30 Months From June 1940 To October 1942 (Spending Two Winters Locked In The Ice), Through North West Passage From West To East. On The Western Trip In 1844 The 7,295 Miles Between Halifax And Vancouver Required 86 Days. The Crew Of 11 Anchored August 20th Off Beechey Island, Erebus Bay Amid Towering Cliffs Of Ice And Snow. Seen On The Left (In The Image) Are Memorials To Belcher And Franklin. The "St. Roch" Left On August 22nd And Not Until Sptember 4th Did The Ship Reach Holman Island, Having Completed For The First Time The Northern Route. In 1950, The "St. Roch" Sailed From Vancouver To Halifax Via The Panama Canal Became The First To Circle The Continent. The Tiny 80 Ton "St. Roch" Was Built In Vancouver In 1928 And Remains There Now In The Marine Museum. Image From A Painting By J.D. Kelly And H.B. Goodridge	Boats ▪ Dogs ▪ Monuments ▪ North West Passage ▪ RCMP ▪ Ships ▪ Sleds	1944, August 20
`2439`	`A0078`	Archives of Manitoba	Sir John Ross (1777-1856), A British Naval Officer, Commanded Expedition In 1818 In Search Of North West Passage	Exploration ▪ Military ▪ North West Passage ▪ Personalities
`2441`	`A0078`	Archives of Manitoba	Sir John Ross' Expedition, Search For North West Passage	Boats ▪ Exploration ▪ North West Passage ▪ Ships	1818, Aug 18
`2343`	`A0075`	Archives of Manitoba	Sir Thomas Button Died In 1634. He Was An English Naval Commander, Explorer, And Cartographer. He Sailed To Loor For Henry Hudson And Find The North West Passage In 1612. He Wintered At Nelson House. His Observations Were Published By Savant, Henry Briggs.	Art ▪ Exploration ▪ North West Passage ▪ Personalities	1612
`7956`	`A0249`	Miscellaneous Collection	The “Gjoa”, Captain Roald Amundsen Arriving At Nome Harbour In August 1906 After A 3 Year Voyage Through The North West Passage	Exploration ▪ Harbours ▪ North West Passage ▪ Personalities ▪ Ships	1906, August