McMurray's Post and the Palliser Expedition
N 53° 07.898 W 108° 23.833
12U E 674125 N 5890078
This is located inside The Battlefords Provincial Park, near the beach.
Waymark Code: WMCP0Y
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 09/27/2011
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William McMurray established a wintering post on the North West shore of Jackfish Lake in 1857.
A geologist, James Hector spent the night of December 17, 1857. En route to Fort Edmonton, they spent the evening talking and playing on the violin.
The post consisted of a leather lodge, and storage hut which had been augmented by two-roomed cabin when Hector returned on April 1, 1858.
He found John Sullivan and James Beads of the expedition wintering there, and on April 4 returned with them to Fort Carlton.
Marker type: Cairn
Marker placement date: Not listed
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