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• I VOL. THE ARCTIC CIRCULAR Xl No.3 Published by The Arctic Circle 1959 Ottawa, Ontario (March 19591 Eighty-fifth Meeting The eighty-fifth meeting of the Arctic Circle was held in the P.L.D.G. Mess, 60 Queen Street, Ottawa, on Tuesday, Octobel'14. The President, Dr. D.C. Rose, was in the Chair and introduced the speaker, Dr. Dean Fisher. Dr. Fisher described the role of the Department of Fisheries in extending our knowledge of the arctic sea resources. Eighty-sixth meeting The eighty-sixth meeting of the Arctic Circle was held in the No.9 Transport Company Mess, R.C.A.S.C .. Bank and Catharine Streets, Ottawa, on Tuesday December 9. The President, Dr. D.C. Rose, was in the Chair and introduced the speaker, Mr. Welland Phipps, who spoke On "The operation of light aircraft in the Canadian arctic islands". I The Trail of '98 by the Gravel River l Route. By E.J. Corp Introduction ~by the Editor In the spring of 1898, lured by the stories of the great riches being won in the goldfields of the Yukon, Mr. E.J. Corp left his home in Hamilton, Ontario and travelled to the Yukon by what • 1. Now officially named the Keele River. Ed. A.C •
VOL Xl No.3 THE ARCTIC CIRCULAR 36 was known as the "All Canadian Route". This overland route had many disadvantages compared with the Pacific approach, and was not used to any great extent during the "Rush" days. On the "All Canadian Route" many different crossing were' made from the Mackenzie drainage to that of the Yukon and accounts of most of these have been written. It appears that no description has so far been published of the Gravel. or Keele. River route. Few used it and fewer still remain who did. thus the Circular is most fortunate to have this opportunity of recording the experience,of one man who did make this journey. Mr. Corp and his companions went down the Athabasca, Slave, and Mackenzie rivers to the mouth of the Keele River and then up that river to the height of land and thence into the headwaters of the Stewart River and finally to the Yukon River. He and bis companions arrived in Dawson City in the summer of 1899 and for the next fifty-two years Mr. Corp was a resident of the Yukon, serving for many years on tbe Yukon Council as the member for Mayo District. Mr. Corp became primarily a placer gold prospector. and with his partner. Dave Ryan, made considerable stakes on Hunker Creek. In the 1920's when the lode silver-lead discoveries of Keno Hill caused a rush to the Mayo district they followed it and put their fortunes in lode prospecting in which they were not so successful. In sinking a shaft Ryan was injured and remained an almost complete invalid for the rest of his life. With dogged tenacity and the persistence of "natural-born" prospectors the partners kept their discouraging lode claims in good standing and in the end were able to sell them profitably and to retire to White Rock in 1951. Narrative by E.J. Corp • A.D. 1897-8, and the Klondike Gold Rush at its height. Tales of the marvellous gold deposits found there had reached practically every part of the civilized world; men from every walk in life (even a few women). the majority of whom were without the experience or knowledge required to undertake the hazardous journey to the goldfields. or for success or survival after reaching there, many of them married men with families. were carried away with the hope of acquiring an easy fortune •
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