IDNO

P.87767.PAT

Description

Marine terraces at the mouth of River Kogalu, with the two most marked being 40 foot and 20 foot, although the remnants of a higher terrace above 100 feet are to be seen.

Physical Condition: Photograph is two prints stuck together onto a card to give a panoramic view.

Place

N America; Arctic; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Kogalu River [North West Territories]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Ritchie, Montague H.W.

Collector / Expedition

Paterson, Thomas Thomson [from James Wordie’s Expedition to Melville Bay and North-East Baffin Land, 1934]

Date

14 - 30 August 1934

Collection Name

Paterson Collection

Source

Paterson, Erik T.

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: Paterson, T. T., Part 2, Part 3, Geology (no date, circa 1936). Plate 39, p.122, with caption “The terraces at the mouth of River Kogalu.”
Text is on p. 122 includes:
“Marine terraces are everywhere in evidence along the coast and the fjords. (Plate 39). The two most marked are the 40 foot and 20 foot, though the remnants of a higher terrace above 100 feet are to be seen”. [JD 13/12/2006]

Bibliographical Reference: J. M. Wordie ‘An Expedition to Melville Bay and North-East Baffin Land, 1934’ in The Geographical Journal Vol. 86, No. 4 (Oct., 1935), pp. 297-313.
Text on p. 310 includes:
“Names have been added very sparingly, and if in English are for the most part translations of local Eskimo names; in this respect we were fortunate, as Paterson met two Eskimo at Clyde Inlet who supplied him with all the local names. I have put a selection only of these on the map (spelling them according to Thalbitzer's phonetic system) and have avoided using many names in Eskimo, preferring to substitute the equivalent meaning in English words. I have done so as in practice any future use of the map will be made by English- rather than Eskimo-speaking travellers, and it is also in keeping with Canadian custom, where the Geographic Board prefer that native names (Indian and Eskimo) should not be used except where the name is short and euphonious. The greatest drawback to using native Eskimo names is probably their unfamiliar sounds and spellings-a small difference undetected by an English ear may mean much to the Eskimo-but they are also unsuitable for maps when those which describe simple natural features as they mostly do are repeated again and again at no great distance. The only native names therefore which I suggest in the present instance are the river Kogalu, meaning the big river, ... ”. [JD 13/12/2006]

Photographer: Note in above article, page 313, accredits all 1934 photographs to M.H.W. Ritchie unless otherwise stated. [JD 18/10/2006]

Place and Date: This photograph was possibly taken during the Heimen’s voyage up the east coast of Baffin Island, exploring Clyde Inlet, Eglinton Fiord, and connecting areas between the 13th - 30th August, 1934. [JD 13/12/2006]

P.87767.PAT to N.87793.PAT were found in the box now numbered C446/7/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 7/12/2006]