Captain Scott and Map (Papers to 1967)
Captain Scott and Map is a one-page unsigned item on page 37 of Papers to 1967 on the 1870 earthwork fort built at Prince Arthur's Landing for the Wolseley expedition.[1]
Key facts
Captain Thomas Scott of the 1st Ontario Rifles described on 27 June 1870 an earthwork under construction between the village and the camp; Garnet Wolseley built it to protect his base. It measured 170 by 84 feet outside, was shown on Hugh Wilson's 1871 survey of the landing, and burned about 1882.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Captain Scott and Map", Papers to 1967, Centennial issue (Thunder Bay Historical Society, 1967), p. 37. Archived: datum.locker.