Canadian People 
gateway still stands in Winnipeg, to mark the scene of 
the pioneer settlement of the West.
180.  The mystery of the north-west passage solved. -
The north-west passage by water was still a mystery. Yet 
many failures to solve the mystery had in no way 
discouraged Arctic explorers. While voyages were made by 
sea, expeditions continued to be sent through northern 
Canada to explore the Arctic coast-line. The names of 
Franklin, Back, Simpson, Dease and Rae form the honour
roll of these northern explorers. When Sir John Franklin
sailed into the frozen north, his friends little thought
that he was never to return. No fewer than fifteen search
parties were sent out within six years to seek the lost 
seaman. At last, twelve years after Franklin's departure
from England, searchers came upon the skeletons and relics
which told of the fate of the great explorer. As a result
of all these expeditions by sea and land, it was known 
there was a passage by water from the Atlantic to the 
Pacific. It was not until 1903-06, however, that a 
Norwegian expedition, led by Captain Roald Amundsen, 
succeeded in getting through the passage. The gain to 
Great Britain from the search for the North-west passage
was a definite knowledge of the northern coast of the 
American continent.


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