Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 10

Commissioners of the Yukon, 1897-1918

by Edward F. Bush

Endnotes

The Last Frontier

1 Canada: Sessional Papers, 1896, No. 13, Part VI, p. 10, Report Concerning the Administration of the North-West Territories for the Year 1895.

2 Ibid., 1897, No. 13, p. xxiii, Annual Report. Department of the interior for the Year 1896.

3 Ibid., 1898, No. 13, p. 10, Annual Report, Department of the interior for the Year 1997.

4 Canada. Public Archives (hereafter cited as PAC), RG 85, Northern Administration Branch Records (hereafter cited as Northern Administration Branch), file 3040, Sifton to Governor General, 11 August 1897.

5 David R. Morrison, The Politics of the Yukon Territory, 1898-1909 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1968), pp. 19-20.

6 At the time of Walsh's appointment, 17 August 1697, the Yukon was still constituted a judicial district of the North West Territories (P.C. 2640, approved 2 October 1895); hence it may be contended that Walsh should not be designated the first commissioner of the Yukon Territory per se. The Yukon became a separate territory only by the provisions of the Yukon Act (61 Vic. cap. 6). 13 June 1898. It should be noted, however (see text), that Walsh's commission specifically conferred upon him the title "Commissioner of the Yukon Territory." For the sake of continuity and symmetry in the text therefore, this constitutional fine point has been overlooked, but is drawn to the notice of the reader here.

7 Northern Administration Branch, file 3040.

8 Canada: Sessional Papers, 1898, No. 13, pp. 87-8, Thomas Fawcett Reports, 13 Dec. 1897.

9 Ibid., 1897, No. 13, Part II, p. 45, Ogilvie Report, 10 June 1898.

10 Ibid., 1898, No. 38b, p. 8, The Journey from Ottawa to Winter Quarters on the Yukon.

11 Ibid., pp. 8-11.

12 Ibid., pp. 11-12.

13 ibid., pp. 17-21.

14 Ibid., p. 24.

15 Ibid., p. 29.

16 Ibid., p. 30.

17 Ibid., p. 35.

18 PAC, MG27, II, D15, Sifton Papers (hereafter cited as Sifton Papers), pp. 37843-60, Walsh to Sifton, 23 Oct. 1898.

19 Pierre Berton, Klondike: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1958), pp. 331-2.

20 Dawson Daily News, Monday, 24 July 1905, edit.

21 Sifton Papers, pp. 71150-3.

22 Sifton Papers, pp. 37618-22, Walsh to Sifton, 26 Sept. 1898.

23 PAC, MG30, C2, Vol. 1, William Ogilvie Papers (hereafter cited as Ogilvie Papers), Reminiscences.

24 Ibid., file Manuscripts, biographical sketch by Frank Nelson.

25 Don W. Thomson, Men and Meridians: The History of Surveying and Mapping in Canada (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1967), Vol. 2, p. 151.

26 Canada: Sessional Papers, 1897, No. 13, Part II, pp. 48-49, Extracts from Reports of William Ogilvie, Fort Cudahy, 6 Sept. 1896.

27 Ibid., 1898, No. 13, Part II, p. 8, Annual Report Department of the interior 1897.

28 Ogilvie Papers, Vol. 1, correspondence file, Sifton letter of introduction, 21 Feb. 1896.

29 PAC, RG 15, E-1(b), Interior Department Records, (hereafter cited as Interior Department Records), Yukon Territory, Commissioner's Office Letter Books, Vol. 2, p. 318, Ogilvie to Minister, 30 June 1900.

30 Canada: Sessional Papers, 1900, No. 33u, Report of William Ogilvie, Dawson, 20 Sept. 1899.

31 Interior Department Records, Commissioner's Letter Books. Vol. 2, p. 266, Ogilvie to Minister, 26 June 1900.

32 PAC, MG26, G. Laurier Papers, (hereafter cited as Laurier Papers), pp. 31573-4, 31576, Ogilvie to Laurier, 22 March 1899.

33 Klondike Nugget, Wednesday, 5 April 1899, edit.

34 Ibid.

35 Ibid., Wednesday, 29 March 1898, edit.

36 Interior Department Records, numbered file 1443, Ogilvie to William Muloch, Dawson, 22 May 1900.

37 Ibid., file 1443, Smart to Ogilvie, 22 November 1900.

38 Ibid., Sifton to Ogilvie, 14 August 1900.

39 61 Vic. Cap. 6.

40 David R. Morrison, op. cit., p. 37.

41 Semi-Weekly Nugget, Sunday, 7 April 1901, p. 6.

42 Daily Klondike Nugget, Thursday, 6 June 1901.

43 Laurier Papers, pp. 28567-72, 31573.

Political Ferment

1 F. H. Collins, The Yukon Territory: A Brief Presented to the Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospect (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1955), Appendix B, p. 28.

2 Klondike Nugget, Wednesday, 10 April 1901.

3 Sifton Papers, Vol. 96, pp. 75655-6, Congdon to Sifton, 24 July 1901.

4 Ibid., pp. 86971-8, Ross to Sifton, 18 July 1901.

5 Ibid., pp. 87014 & 87016, Ross to Sifton, 16 August 1901.

6 Canada: Sessional Papers: 1902, No. 25, Part IX, p. 4

7 Ibid.

8 Klondike Nugget, Friday, 16 August 1901, p. 1.

9 PAC, RG11, Department of Public Works Records, Supplementary Estimates, 1901-02, Vol. 210, pp. 9 & 11.

10 Ibid.

11 Canada: Sessional Papers; 1902, No. 1 Part V-48.

12 Martha Louise Black, My Seventy Years (London: Thomas Nelson, 1938), p. 186.

13 Sessional Papers: 1903, Part VII, p. 3.

14 Daily Morning Sun (Dawson), Sunday, 4 May 1902, p. 4.

15 Ibid., Tuesday, 4 June 1902, p. 1.

16 Yukon Sun, Saturday, 6 September 1902, p. 1.

17 Dawson Daily News, Tuesday, 11 November 1902, p. 1.

18 Laurier Papers, p. 681-97.

19 PAC, MG30, I11, Woodside Papers, (hereafter cited as Woodside Papers) Vol. 17, Sir Sam Steele Corresp., 1898-1919.

20 Yukon Sun, Friday, 10 April 1903, edit.

21 Sifton Papers. p. 111394, Congdon to Sifton, 24 November 1903.

22 Ibid., pp. 126120-1, Congdon to Sifton, 14 January 1904.

23 Yukon World, Sunday, 2 April & Tuesday, 4 April 1905.

24 Yukon Sun, Saturday, 7 November 1903, p. 4.

25 Ibid., Tuesday, 23 February 1904, p. 3.

26 David R. Morrison, op. cit., p. 71.

27 Yukon Sun & Klondike Pioneer, Saturday, 2 April 1904, edit.

28 ibid.

29 Sifton Papers, pp. 126205-7, Congdon to J. A. Smart, 2 June 1904.

30 Ibid., p. 126216, Congdon to Sifton, 18 June 1904.

31 Dawson Daily News, Wednesday, 13 July 1904, edit.

32 Laurier Papers, pp. 88086-7, Congdon to Laurier, 15 July 1904.

33 Ibid., p. 88068, Laurier to Congdon, 6 August 1904.

34 Ibid., pp. 91938-9, Congdon to Laurier, 8 November 1904.

35 Ibid.

36 Ibid., p. 91219, Congdon to Laurier, 29 October 1904.

37 Dawson Daily News, Friday, 18 November 1904.

38 Ibid., Monday, 19 December 1904, edit.

39 David R. Morrison, op. cit., p. 68.

40 Sifton Papers, Vol. 176, pp. 143096-105, Z. T. Wood to Comptroller, R.N.-W.M.P., 19 December 1904.

41 Laurier Papers, pp. 101357-8, Congdon to Laurier, 20 September 1905.

42 Woodside Papers, Vol. 17, Cuthbert-Woodside Correspondence, March-August 1906.

43 Laurier Papers, p. 111399, Laurier to McInnes, 31 May 1906.

44 ibid., pp. 111395-7, McInnes to Laurier, 19 June 1906.

45 Dawson Daily News, Saturday, 12 October 1907, p. 3.

46 Ibid., edit.

47 Yukon World, Saturday, 19 December 1908, p. 2.

48 Henry James Morgan, ed., The Canadian Men and Women of the Time (Toronto: William Briggs, 1912), p. 770.

49 Laurier Papers, pp. 225841-225845.

50 Ibid., pp. 96101-2, 28 March 1905.

51 P.C. 968.

52 Dawson Daily News, Tuesday, 4 July 1905, p. 4.

53 Ibid., Saturday, 8 July 1905, p. 1.

54 Ibid.

55 Ibid.

56 Laurier Papers, pp. 99688-92, Congdon-Laurier correspondence, July 1905.

57 Ibid., pp. 99963-6, McInnes to Laurier, 24 July 1905.

58 Yukon World, Sunday, 13 August 1905, p. 2.

59 Laurier Papers, p. 108050, Laurier to Congdon, 2 April 1906.

60 Dawson Daily News, Saturday, 9 June 1906, p. 5.

61 Laurier Papers, pp. 114565-9, Resolutions, Yukon Territorial Liberal Association, 10 October 1906.

62 Ibid., pp. 112887-8, C. H. Wells to Laurier, 13 August 1906.

63 Ibid., pp. 113479-82, McInnes-Laurier correspondence. August-September 1906.

64 Ibid.

65 Canada: Sessional Papers, 1907-08, No. 55a.

66 Ibid., p. 117745, Laurier to McInnes, 2 January 1907.

67 Dawson Daily News, Saturday, 29 September 1906, p. 3.

68 Ibid., Thursday, 8 November 1908, p. 1.

69 Ibid., Tuesday, 1 January 1907.

70 Martha Louise Black, op. cit., p. 195.

71 PAC, RG15, El (a) interior Department Records Yukon Territory, file 20384, Report of the Commissioners in the Matter of the Inquiry into the Fire at Government House on 25th Day of December 1906.

72 Laurier Papers, pp. 154919-21, McInnes-Laurier correspondence, April 1909.

73 Dawson Daily News, Thursday, 31 May 1911, p. 4.

74 Vancouver Daily Sun, Tuesday, 18 December 1917, p. 1.

75 Dawson Daily News, Thursday, 27 September 1917, p. 3.

Yukon in Transition

1 Toronto News, Monday, 11 March 1907, p. 11.

2 P.C. 1407.

3 Dawson Daily News, Monday, 15 July 1907, p. 2.

4 Ibid., Tuesday, 23 July 1907, p. 2.

5 Laurier Papers, pp. 136344-5, Henderson to Pringle, 14 Feb. 1908.

6 Ibid., pp. 150384-7, Henderson to Laurier, 14 Jan. 1909.

7 7-8 Edw. VII cap. 76.

8 Dawson Daily News, Thursday, 3 Dec. 1908, p. 4.

9 Ibid., Friday, 13 August 1909, p. 4.

10 Martha Louise Black, op. cit., pp. 199-200.

11 Dawson Daily News, Monday, 6 June 1910, p. 3.

12 Ibid., Friday, 3 March 1911, p. 4.

13 Laurier Papers, pp. 179916-8, Congdon to Laurier, 12 Jan. 1911.

14 Dawson Daily News, Monday, 11 July 1911, p. 4.

15 Martha Louise Black, op. cit., pp. 67-161, passim.

16 Ibid., pp. 182-4.

17 Dawson Daily News, Thursday, 28 March 1912, p. 4.

18 Ibid., Saturday, 3 Feb. 1912, edit.

19 Dawson Daily News, Thursday, 21 March 1912, p. 1.

20 Ibid., p. 221.

21 Ibid., pp. 219-21.

22 Canada: Sessional Papers, 1914, No. 1, Part V, p. 201.

23 Ibid., 1913, No. 1, Part V, p. 113.

24 Dawson Daily News, Friday, 31 January 1913, p.1.

25 Ibid., Tuesday, 17 Aug. 1917, p. 13.

26 Ibid., Tuesday, 2 March 1915, p. 4.

27 Ibid., Wednesday, 16 Feb. 1916, p. 3.

28 Ibid.

29 Martha Louise Black, op. cit., p. 226.

30 PAC, MG30, H43, Martha Louise Black, reel M—536, p. 47.

31 Martha Louise Black, op. cit., pp. 227-8.

32 PAC, RG85, Northern Administration Branch Records, Vol. 608, file No. 2625.

33 9-10 Geo. V, cap. 9.

34 Canada: Statutes, 9-10 Geo. V, cap. 9.

35 Dawson Daily News, Tuesday, 11 November 1919, p. 3.

36 Ibid., Saturday, 19 January 1935, p. 1.

37 PAC, RG91, Yukon Territorial Records, numbered file 33226, Black to J. E. Gibben, 29 December 1949.

38 Dawson Daily News, Saturday, 11 January 1936, p. 3.

Epilogue

1 P.C. 3072.

2 Under the terms of 11-12 Geo. VI, cap. 75.

3 P.C. 1262, dated 14 March 1950.

4 Order in council 29438.