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Sir Leopold McClintock and the fate of Franklin

Captain Sir Leopold McClintock, about 1860. Captain Sir Leopold McClintock (cropped) · John Powles Cheyne · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Leopold McClintock sailed as a young lieutenant on the Franklin search expeditions of 1848 and 1850, proving an intrepid sled traveller on Somerset and Melville islands. In 1857 Lady Franklin sent him in the Fox to check the reports of Franklin’s death that Dr. John Rae had received from Inuit. In spring 1859 he found written evidence of Franklin’s fate on the shore of King William Island.

Scope & context

McClintock as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

Sir Francis Leopold McClintock National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text