ACROSS THE SUB-AECTICS OF CANADA 



mythical " Anian Strait," but the expedition became 

 wrecked near the east end of Marble Island, upon which a 

 house was erected. In this the survivors of the ill-fated 

 •crews existed for several years, until they all miserably 

 perished from starvation and scurvy, the facts not becom- 

 ing known until the year 1769, when they were obtained by 

 Samuel Hearne, who was that year engaged in whale fishing 

 at the island, and accidentally discovered the renmants of 

 the expedition, and from the Eskimos learned the sad details 

 •of their fate. 



Time will not permit, in this brief summary, to even out- 

 line the discoveries of all the expeditions that have sailed 

 into Hudson Bay, but the names and dates of some of those 

 ^following are here given: 



Dobbs in 1737; Middleton.to Churchill and Chesterfield 

 Inlet in 1741 ; Dobbs to Port Nelson and Chesterfield Inlet 

 in 1746; Christopher to Chesterfield Inlet in 1761; Norton 

 to Chesterfield Inlet in 1762; Samuel Hearne, who accom- 

 plished one of the most notable journeys in history, from 

 Fort Churchill to the mouth of the Coppermine Eiver, 

 -during the years 1769-70-71-72; Captain Charles Duncan 

 to Eankin and Chesterfield inlets in 1791 ; Sir W. E. Parry, 

 In the Fury and Hecla, to Fox Channel and Fury and 

 Hecla Strait in 1821; Captain Back to north of bay, in the 

 Terror, in 1836; Dr. John Eae from Churchill to Kepulse 

 Bay, Committee Bay and Gulf of Boothia, from 1845 to 

 1847. 



The famous but ill-fated Franklin expedition of 1845 did 

 not enter Hudson Bay, and is, therefore, not included in 

 our summary, nor are the forty or more relief expeditions 

 which engaged in the search for the lost explorers. It may 

 ■ be of interest, however, to note in passing that it was Dr. 

 John Eae — relatives of whom still live in Hamilton and 

 Dundas — ^who, in 1853-54, obtained the first definite infor- 

 Tnation regarding the fate of Franklin and his men. Four 



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