Paul Kane - A Timeline


Who was Paul Kane ?

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1848

January 6

MARRIAGE OF MR. ROWAND JR. AT FORT EDMONTON. KANE INVITED TO ACCOMPANY THEM HOME THE NEXT DAY TO FT. PITT

January 7

PAUL KANE MOVES ON TO FORT PITT WITH A WEDDING PARTY

January 12

BUFFALO SPOOKED BY DOGS AT EDGE OF SASKATCHEWAN - CLIMB STEEP BANK AND FALL ON SLEDS

January 14

KANE'S PARTY ARRIVED AT AN INDIAN CAMP. AS ARRIVED HIS SLED DOGS WERE ATTACKED BY INDIAN DOGS. SLEDS UPSET AND BROKEN TO PIECES - ARRIVED AT FT. PITT

April 12

PAUL KANE LEAVES FORT EDMONTON FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE

April 21

KANE ARRIVED AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE. JEMMY JOCK IN CHARGE

May 25

PAUL KANE STARTED DOWN RIVER WITH THE YORK FACTORY BRIGADE

May 27

KANE ARRIVED AT FT. PITT

May 29

YORK FACTORY BRIGADE LEFT PITT WITH PAUL KANE

June 1

MET 1500 BLACKFOOT WARRIORS - KANE SKETCHED

June 2

KANE'S PARTY LEFT THE HUGE BLACKFOOT CAMP DOWNSTREAM FROM PITT

June 4

KANE ARRIVED AT FT. CARLTON WITH THE YORK FACTORY BRIGADE

June 5

KANE REMAINED AT CARLTON AS HERRIET CONCERNED ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE

June 10

YORK FACTORY BRIGADE WITH KANE ARRIVED AT CUMBERLAND HOUSE

June 12

KANE ARRIVED AT THE PAU - REV. HUNTER JOINED THE GROUP

June 17

KANE COMES DOWN SASKATCHEWAN RIVERTO GRAND RAPIDS - AFTER GOING DOWN THEM HE CAMPED ON LAKE WINNIPEG

July 4

REV. RUNDLE LEFT FT. EDMONTON TO RETURN TO ENGLAND

July 24

KANE LEFT YORK FACTORY WITH MAJOR MACKENZIE WHO WAS GOING TO FT. FRANCIS

July 26

KANE'S BOAT IN DANGEROUS MOTION ON LAKE WINNIPEG - FINALLY REACHED SAFETY OF BEHRINGS RIVER

July 30

KANE ARRIVED AT FT. ALEXANDER ENDING TRIP DOWN COAST OF LAKE WINNIPEG

August 3

KANE'S PARTY STARTS DOWN WINNIPEG RIVER

August 4

KANE CAME TO WHITE MUD PORTAGE ON THE WINNIPEG RIVER

August 5

KANE CAME TO GRAND BONNET PORTAGE ON THE WINNIPEG RIVER

August 6

KANE CROSSED LAC DU BONNET ON THE WINNIPEG RIVER

August 8

KANE CAMPED 3 MILES ABOVE THE GRAND RAPID ON WINNIPEG RIVER

August 9

KANE ARRIVED AT SLAVE FALLS ABOUT NOON AND MADE A SKETCH AT THIS POINT ON THE WINNIPEG RIVER

August 10

KANE CAMPED ABOUT 4 MILES BELOW POINTE DU BOIS "POINT OF WOODS" ON THE WINNIPEG RIVER

August 11

KANE STOPPED FOR NIGHT AT GRAND EQUERRE ON THE WINNIPEG RIVER

August 12

KANE CAMPED AT WHITE DOG PORTAGE ON THE WINNIPEG RIVER

August 13

KANE PASSED YELLOW MUD PORTAGE GRAND DECHARGE AND CAMPED AT THE FISHERY - HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING BECAUSE OF ANT HILLS

August 14

KANE ARRIVED AT RAT PORTAGE ON THE WINNIPEG RIVER GOING EAST

August 16

KANE REACHED LAKE OF THE WOODS

August 20

KANE REACHES THE MOUTH OF RIVER LA PLUIE AND CAMPS 4 MILES UP RIVER

August 23

INDIANS TRACKING AND KANE ARRIVES AT FORT FRANCIS

September 11

KANE WENT THROUGH LAC LA PLUIE ON WAY FT WILLIAM

September 18

KANE ARRIVED AT MOUNTAIN PORTAGE ON WAY TO FORT WILLIAM

September 19

KANE ARRIVED AT KAKABEKA FALLS ON WAY TO FORT WILLIAM

September 27

KANE ARRIVED AT MICHIPICOTEN

September 29

KANE STARTED AT MICHIPICOTEN AND CAMPED THAT EVENING OPPOSITE MONTREAL ISLAND

September 30

KANE HAD BREAKFAST AT MONTREAL RIVER AND CAMPED AT ISLE AUX SABLES

October 1

KANE STOPPED FOR BREAKFAST NEAR GROS - CAP AND ARRIVED AT SAULT STE. MARIE BY 2 P.M. ENDING HIS ADVENTURE

October 13

PAUL KANE REACHED TORONTO AFTER HIS TRIP TO THE PACIFIC.

November 9

AN EXHIBITION OF 240 SKETCHES AND INDIAN SOUVENIRS OPENED AT TORONTO'S "OLD" CITY HALL FOLLOWING KANE'S RETURN FROM THE PACIFIC.

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