The Cache at Victoria Harbour
This [cache] was established by Captain John Ross on May 28, 1832, just before the "Victory" was abandoned. In a "tunnel", the long and troublesome excavation of which is described in Chapter 48 of his "Narrative", he deposited the following valuable scientific instrume...
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crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic3759 2024-06-09T07:42:08+00:00 The Cache at Victoria Harbour Wright, Noel 1957 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic3759 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/3759/3734 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America ARCTIC volume 10, issue 2, page 121 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 1957 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3759 2024-05-14T12:53:42Z This [cache] was established by Captain John Ross on May 28, 1832, just before the "Victory" was abandoned. In a "tunnel", the long and troublesome excavation of which is described in Chapter 48 of his "Narrative", he deposited the following valuable scientific instruments: one 36-inch transit, one 9-inch theodolite, one 3½-inch astronomical telescope, 5 feet 6 inches long, four chronometers, and also some gunpowder. Unfortunately, he never recorded the whereabouts of the tunnel! ... There are, however, two clues to the position of the cache, afforded by illustrations in the "Narrative". ... Of course, after 125 years it is more than possible that the site of the tunnel has been obliterated by landslides, but a skull has been found by an R.C.M.P. patrol from Spence Bay on the opposite side of the harbour, close to the mapped position of J. Dixon's grave [a seaman who died while the tunnel was being excavated], it may still be worth the while of any future visitors to Victoria Harbour to look on the eastern side of the harbour for John Ross's cache. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Institute of North America Spence ENVELOPE(-45.150,-45.150,-60.683,-60.683) Spence Bay ENVELOPE(-93.834,-93.834,69.408,69.408) Victoria Harbour ENVELOPE(-91.583,-91.583,70.151,70.151) ARCTIC 10 2 121 |
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This [cache] was established by Captain John Ross on May 28, 1832, just before the "Victory" was abandoned. In a "tunnel", the long and troublesome excavation of which is described in Chapter 48 of his "Narrative", he deposited the following valuable scientific instruments: one 36-inch transit, one 9-inch theodolite, one 3½-inch astronomical telescope, 5 feet 6 inches long, four chronometers, and also some gunpowder. Unfortunately, he never recorded the whereabouts of the tunnel! ... There are, however, two clues to the position of the cache, afforded by illustrations in the "Narrative". ... Of course, after 125 years it is more than possible that the site of the tunnel has been obliterated by landslides, but a skull has been found by an R.C.M.P. patrol from Spence Bay on the opposite side of the harbour, close to the mapped position of J. Dixon's grave [a seaman who died while the tunnel was being excavated], it may still be worth the while of any future visitors to Victoria Harbour to look on the eastern side of the harbour for John Ross's cache. ... |
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