El Sueno R6

Arctic Heritage

Full Transits of Canada's Northwest Passage

The RCMP schooner St. Roch and HMCS Labrador together in Esquimalt Harbour after each had made successful transits of the Northwest Passage - 10 years apart.

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Underwater Transits of the Northwest Passage

HMS Tireless and USS Pargo rendezvous at the North Pole in 1991. The submarines remained on the surface for 24 hours during which the crews played a cricket match.

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The North Star of Herschel Island

The original owners of The North Star of Herschel Island, Carpenter and Wolkie, never knew anything about the need to register a ship ... they probably had never heard of such a thing. She was not registered when Sven Johansson, purchased her in 1967 from Fred Carpenter. The Regi

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Ernest J. Scotty Gall

He was born at Fraserborough Scotland in 1903. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company as an Apprentice Clerk in 1923 from his native Scotland for a salary of $240 per year. He signed a five-year contract because there was little opportunity for a young man at that time in the UK. A

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Angus Brabant - HBC Fur Trade Commissioner

Angus Brabant (1866–1928) Brabant Collection Image AB0149

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The Anglo-American Polar Expedition (Leffingwell-Mikkelsen) in the Duchess of Bedford 1906-08

Plaque on the seawall in the Inner Harbour at Victoria BC

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