From the Athabaska to the Mackenzie Delta - A Journey on Canada's Inland Waterways
This virtual exhibit documents the journey that Emrys Jones made from Waterways, Alberta to Aklavik, Northwest Territories in the summer of 1928. This was the golden age of river boat travel before roads and rail penetrated the northern landscape. It was a time when sternwheelers and their barges were the mainstay of the northern economy.
All photographs of the journey were taken by Jones and represent only a sample. Jones donated his collection of photographs to the Institute of Northern Studies in the late 1960s, and they now form part of the Institute of Northern Studies fonds at the University of Saskatchewan Archives.
A short biography of Emrys Jones.
About the Institute for Northern Studies fonds.
Curator: Patrick Hayes
Map assistance: Michael Swaan
Site design and graphics: Luke Sather
Project supervision: Cheryl Avery
Sources for related materials:
Yukon Expedition Map, 1891 (University
of Saskatchewan Library - G 1115 .H57 1980):
Association of Canadian Map Libraries, Facsimile no. 58. #272 of 500.
Original held in National Map Collection, National
Archives of Canada.
Scale 1in:8mil
Western Canada map (University
of Saskatchewan Library - G 1115 .C21N 1985):
"11.1 Exploration 1497-1650"
The National Atlas of Canada, 5th Edition
1991, Ottawa : Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
Scale 1:7 500 000
This site has been made possible by financial support from the federal government through the Canadian Council of Archives, the National Archives of Canada, and the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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