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Item consists of a typewritten report together with three earlier complete or partial drafts of this report “A. H. Phipps Memoirs of Charles E. Bedaux Sub-Arctic Expedition 1934” along with original notebook which includes 11 pages of handwritten notes about the expedition.

File consists of the following items:

• "Mac" by D.L. Surveyor
• "Knox (Mac) McCusker: Dominion Land Surveyor" by E.L. Rutherford, V.C. Brink, R.S. Silver and M.Z. (Smokey) Neighbour
• Excerpts from Men and Meridians by Don W. Thomson
• Article re: Knox McCusker written on the occasion of his death (April 14, 1955)
• "McKusker (sic) to open up Blueberry Mountain Area" (Alaska Highway News, June 8, 1950)
• "McCusker was surveyor, big game guide….also rancher and trail blazer"
• "Knox Freeman McCusker" written on the occasion of his death (The Canadian Surveyor, July 1955)
• "Veteran Surveyor - Alaska Highway Stories"
• Memories of Knox McCusker by his oldest niece Betty (McCusker) Rutherford
• "Veteran Surveyor prefers horses for long bush treks" by Eric Young (Edmonton Journal)
• Eulogy for Knox McCusker read by Stanley D. Seif at Burch Presbyterian Church in Fort St. John, B.C.
• Eulogy for Gwendolyn Dorothy McCusker (July 1997)
• "Tropical Valley No Myth: amazing story of woman who lived there" by Thomas A. Wayling (Vancouver Sun)
• Photocopy of section of map: "Topographical sketch map showing route traversed by the Bedaux Sub-Arctic Expedition 1934 through the Rocky Mountains" (by Frank Swannell, March 27, 1935)
• Memories of Knox McCusker by Bill McCusker, his oldest nephew
• "There is always a reason; destiny made it a date. The corridor of the Alcan didn’t just happen" (Fort St. John publication)
• Article on Knox McCusker (ALS News, Winter 1983)

File consists of the following articles and speeches written by Knox McCusker:

• "Reminiscences of Knox McCusker" (63 typewritten pages)
• "Back and Beyond the Peace" by K.McCusker (taken from the Toronto Star Weekly Saturday May 5, 1928) – retyped
• "The Alaska Highway" by Knox F. McCusker, D.L.S. (The Canadian Surveyor, July 1943)-photocopy
• Mr. McCusker's speech (5 pages)
• “Tropical Valleys of B.C.” (4 pages)
• "The president has called me an old old surveyor…" speech written by K. McCusker
• "In the early days of my career in the Surveying profession…" written by K. McCusker

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, April 1, 1942 to October 20, 1942:

• April 1-May 30, 1942: Trapping cabin along the Ingenika River
• May 30-June 16, 1942: In the Finlay River area, Freer sold furs to the HBC at Fort Grahame and helped portage supplied through Deserters Canyon for Del Miller and priest
• June 17-October 13, 1942: Employed with the United States Army in Northern BC, packing and outfitting for the survey crews of the Alaska Highway in the areas of Deserters Canyon, Fort Ware, Sifton Pass, and Fox Pass
• October 13-20, 1942: Journey to Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, January 1, 1943 to December 31, 1943:

• January 1-May 19, 1943: Working at Diamond J Ranch with Craig Forfar
• May 19-30, 1943: Trip to Fort Ware
• May 30-June 30, 1943: At Fort Ware, preparing for packing BC Government triangulation survey trip to surveying location and waiting for Skook Davidson to arrive with horses purchased from Jim Beattie
• June 18-July 13, 1943: Travel to surveying location
• July 15-August 17, 1943: Taking care of case camp while survey crews in field
• August 17-26, 1943: All crews working together
• August 27-October 23, 1943: Return trips between Fort Ware and Diamond J Ranch
• October 23-December 31, 1943: Diamond J Ranch

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, January 1, 1944 to September 30, 1944:

• January 1-May 27, 1944: Diamond J Ranch
• May 27-June 6, 1944: Travel to Lower Post
• June 6-18, 1944: Waiting for C.H. Ney, land surveyor for the Dominion Geodetic Survey
• June 19-August 28, 1944: Packing for the Dominion astrofix survey
• August 28-September 7, 1944: Lower Post
• September 7-24: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
• September 28-[October 21], 1944: Fort Ware trip to pick up food and machinery left after the Bedaux expedition

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, October 1, 1942 to December 31, 1943:

• October 1-13, 1942: Employed with the United States Army in Northern BC, packing and outfitting for the survey crews of the Alaska Highway in the areas of Deserters Canyon, Fort Ware, Sifton Pass, and Fox Pass
• October 16-29, 1942: Journey to Kechika River and Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
• October 30-December 31, 1942: Working and establishing residence at Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
• January 1-May 19, 1943: Working at Diamond J Ranch with Craig Forfar
• May 19-30, 1943: Trip to Fort Ware
• May 30-June 30, 1943: At Fort Ware, preparing for packing BC Government triangulation survey trip to surveying location and waiting for Skook Davidson to arrive with horses purchased from Jim Beattie
• June 18-July 13, 1943: Travel to surveying location
• July 15-August 17, 1943: Taking care of case camp while survey crews in field
• August 17-26, 1943: All crews working together
• August 27-October 23, 1943: Return trips between Fort Ware and Diamond J Ranch
• October 23-December 31, 1943: Diamond J Ranch

File consists of the following materials:

• Letter to Vernon C. Brink from the National Archives of Canada re: Knox McCusker holdings (March 1, 1999)
• Photocopy of article: "Living Landscapes: Exploring the wilds of northeaster BC" by Ross Peck and Brian Apland
• Some materials for an article on Knox McCusker, D.L.S.
• Material about the life of Knox Freeman McCusker
• Letter to Mrs. Rutherford (Oct. 5, 1999) re: access to interview of Knox McCusker by Frank Willis
• Accession information print-out re: interview of Knox McCusker by Frank Willis in 1954
• National Archives of Canada accession information print-out re: Dominion Land Surveyor Diaries, 1881-1930
• Mary Henry / Knox McCusker "Team" (April 19, 1998)
• Letter to Mrs. Rutherford from George Ungar re: background information on Knox McCusker