Journals: Natural History - Northwest Boundary Survey Zoology; Northwest Boundary Survey, May 2-August 31, 1860 (1 of 2) Search this
Collection name:
Caleb Burwell Rowan Kennerly Papers, 1855-1860
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 1 Folder 6
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Vancouver Island
Semiahmoo Bay
Steilacoom
Orcas Island
Port Townsend
British Columbia
Washington
Puget Sound
United States
Date Range:
1857-1858
Start Date:
1857
End Date:
1858
Abstract:
The journal documents Caleb Kennerly's observations during the Northwest Boundary Survey, 1857-1858. Entries are numbered, listed in several manners. Some are per container, in this cases, entries are written for one or group of specimens and referred to by their scientific or common names. Includes location and narrative style descriptions. Details vary but include a combination of surroundings, specimen's individual and group behaviors, what bait used, how common, measurements, how stored, and sometimes how they taste. Observed wildlife includes variety of marine and land-based (insects, shells, rodents, fish, etc.), sometimes mentioned in the same entry. Later, entries are per specimen and details are reduced to month, year, location. There appears to be more than one person recording details in the notebook. Locations mentioned are throughout coastal Washington and British Columbia, including Vancouver Island, Semiahmoo Bay, Steilacoom, Orcas Island, Chiloweyuck Depot, and Port Townsend. At the end of the notebook is a list of indigenous names of wildlife with English translations. Tribe name is not clear.
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