Series MS-0498 - Guy Houghton Blanchet papers

Unidentified sailboat in a small cove. Unidentified sailing ship. An unidentified couple on a boat. The Egouchie River, looking downstream from an altitude of 8,300 feet. Guy Houghton Blanchet in the north. Helping dog teams across a river. Man with dead deer. McGill University; Guy Houghton Blanchet, graduating Guy Houghton Blanchet. Guy Houghton Blanchet. Guy Houghton Blanchet at the tiller of a small boat. Two men after a day fishing Group of surveyors in the northern prairies; Guy Houghton Blanchet fourth from the right, wearing... Clearing a sight line for surveying. Homby on Great Slave Lake, after a starving winter. Guy Houghton Blanchet on the left; other man unidentified. Guy Houghton Blanchet using a wireless radio in the bush. "Hornby's favourite picture of himself." Unidentified location.

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Guy Houghton Blanchet papers

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MS-0498

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  • 1904-1970 (Creation)

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1.73 m of textual records and photographs

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The series consists of correspondence, journals describing Blanchet’s work in the Northwest Territories and with Canol, drafts of "Search in the North" and an autobiography which was never published, and of manuscripts of articles, short stories and poetry. There are also clippings, mainly on the search for the MacAlpine party, various notebooks, and published articles written or owned by Blanchet.

A large collection of photographs, negatives, postcards and thirteen photo albums have been transferred to Visual Records accession 197901-004. The albums are annotated and relate to the north and the Peace River District.

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Presented by Eric Blanchet (nephew), Victoria, 1976.

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Accession number(s): 197901-004; 76-044

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