Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/6/44/4
Title
Fort McPherson
Date(s)
- 1902 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
Black and white print
Context area
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A view of Fort McPherson. The caption reads ‘The Most Northerly Post of the H.B. Co. It is on Peels Rive, within the Arctic Circle, 2000 miles north of Edmonton, the midnight sun shines here for about two weeks. The Esquimaux quite frequently come as far south and McPherson to trade’.