April 16, 2015 – Gatineau, Quebec – Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce that it has purchased four watercolours by Robert Hood, a British officer who participated from 1819 to 1821 in an Arctic overland expedition to map the Coppermine River as part of the search for the Northwest Passage.
A significant addition to LAC’s existing holdings of Robert Hood’s work, this acquisition provides historical context and documents a key expedition in Canada’s Arctic history, the first by the famous British explorer Sir John Franklin.
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Interior of a Southern Indian tent MIKAN 4730705
