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BURWASH, Lachlan Taylor (1874-1940). Report of Exploration & Investigation along Canada's Arctic Coastline from the Delta of the Mackenzie River to Hudson Bay. 1925-1926. Ottawa: Department of the Interior—North West Territories and Yukon Branch, [c.1927].
An early Department of the Interior report on an expedition through the newly acquired lands of Arctic Canada, with 95 original mounted photographs. Written by Major L. T. Burwash, a mining engineer who later became involved in the search for Franklin’s missing ships. No copies recorded at auction. Cf. Arctic Bib. 2743.
Quarto (253 x 201mm). Mimeographed typescript. 95 mounted photographs, 8 plates of maps and charts (plates not bound according to contents page). Contemporary green cloth. Provenance: Geological Survey of Canada Library (stamps) – Antiquariat Botanicum.
An early Department of the Interior report on an expedition through the newly acquired lands of Arctic Canada, with 95 original mounted photographs. Written by Major L. T. Burwash, a mining engineer who later became involved in the search for Franklin’s missing ships. No copies recorded at auction. Cf. Arctic Bib. 2743.
Quarto (253 x 201mm). Mimeographed typescript. 95 mounted photographs, 8 plates of maps and charts (plates not bound according to contents page). Contemporary green cloth. Provenance: Geological Survey of Canada Library (stamps) – Antiquariat Botanicum.