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1. Remains of Northumberland House

2. Remains of Northumberland House

3. Mast Left Behind in case follow on sailors needed one.

4. Mast Left Behind in case follow on sailors needed one. (different angle)

5. Stuff around the beech

6. Cans arranged by sailors of follow on search parties and expeditions

7. HMCS Harry DeWolf at anchor in Erebus and Terror Bay. Vincit qui patitur.

8. Monument to a French Navy sailor, Lt Bellot

9. Monument to a French Navy sailor, Lt Bellot

10.Remains of Desmond Henry Fogg

11. Some of the only plants I saw growing.  Not sure the name

12. I was told this flower is referred to as a Tundra Poppy.

13. Grave marker of John Torrington

14. Grave marker of William Braine, R.M.

15. Grave marker of John Hartnell, A.B.

16. Grave Marker of Thomas Morgan, A.B.

17. HMCS Harry DeWolf at anchor, look how desolate this area is.

18. This is the Cairn constructed by the Franklin Expedition sailors while trapped in the bay for the first winter.  It was placed approximately 200 meters up at the top of the island. In my mind this is the “Long forgotten, lonely cairn of stone’ Stan Rogers sang of in Northwest Passage.

Some agates I collected in my home province and polished. Hope you enjoy!

I was deployed on HMCS Harry DeWolf back in 2021, we made stop at Beechey Island on our way through the Northwest Passage. The top of Beechey Island has a cairn that the sailors of the Franklin Expedition built the first winter they were stuck in the ice. I thought some people might be interested in seeing some pics. It truly is a desolate place.