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1914


Mary Sachs

The schooner Mary Sachs, under the command of Wilkins, with a crew that included Captain Peter Bernard, James Crawford, Levi Baur, Charles Thomsen (with his wife Jennie and daughter Annie), and Natkusiak (also known as "Billy Banksland"), reached Banksland in late August, was unloaded and hauled onto the low sandy beach. The men began building a sod hut, which became the winter base for the Northern Party for 1914-1915. The remnants of this hut and others built by the men are still visible today on the beach near Mary Sachs Creek.

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Making a cache of provisions for Stefansson's ice party, Thomsen holding his small child Annie; two other men working on a cache on the side of the hill overlooking CAE schooner Mary Sachs offshore, east of Cape Kellett, Banks Island, N.W.T. August 27, 1914. GHW 50850. Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization


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CAE schooner Mary Sachs taking shelter behind a huge grounded ice cake, viewed from the ship's deck, near Cape Kellett, Banks Island, N.W.T., August 28, 1914. GHW 50853. Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization


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Laying the foundation of the house at Kellett Base, Banks Island, N.W.T. September 8, 1914. GHW 50862. Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization

 

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