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1921. Here we are. John, Dan(older). JAP [John (Jock) Andrew Paterson (R) and his older brother Dan Paterson in front of a cabin with two dogs. Likely Dan Paterson's cabin in Embarrass River, Alberta.]

Patersons, Embarrass River 1921 [Dan Paterson's log cabin. John (Jock) Andrew Paterson spent his early winters in Embarrass River, Alberta working as a trader with his older brother Dan.]

Resolution [View of Fort Resolution from Great Slave Lake. A church Roman Catholic?) is the most prominent building.]

Fot Good Hope N.W.T. 1920 [Individuals line the ridge above the shore in Fort Good Hope. Some individuals are also gathered on the beach.]

Fort McPherson N.W.T. 1920 [Individuals line the ridge above a small boat moored on the Peel River(?) in Fort McPherson]

[An RCMP Officer at the helm of a covered scow. Two other men are also on board.]

Bryans Tractor at Fort Fitzgerald. [A covered tractor hauls two covered wagons laden with cargo is parked in front of a Northern Trading Company (NTC) building in Fort Fitzgerald. 1919.]

This one was taken at Mirror Landing NT House [John (Jock) Andrew Paterson stands in front of a cabin with two other men while a woman stands on the front steps. Mirror Landing, Alberta.]

1919 [A group of unidentified individuals hitch a ride on a tractor in Fort Fitzgerald]

Eskimo [Inuvialuit] girl & boy. Going to Hay River Mission at Hay River on Great Slave Lake N.W.T. Canada. They joined the steamer at Aklavik - mouth of Mackenzie River. 1924

R.M.S "Trader" ["Northland Trader", owned by Northern Trading Company, being launched into the water at Bell Rock, Northwest Territories. May 1924]

"Trader". Jack Stark holding on to the rope. ["Northland Trader", owned by the Nothern Trading Company, being launched into the water at Bell Rock, Northwest Territories in May 1924.]

The "Trader" going into the water at Bell Rock May 1924. J.A.P. standing up. ["Northland Trader", owned by the Northern Trading Company, being launched into the water at Bell Rock, Northwest Territories. John (Jock) Andrew Paterson standing on deck.]

["Northland Pioneer" built by the Northern Trading Company. Deck full of cargo. Smaller boat, "Arctic Bluenose, Edmonton" tied up alongside the Pioneer."

Fort Smith, N.W.T. Jock, Jack & Jock Brown. [John (Jock) Andrew Paterson, Jack Stark and Jock Brown on a dock in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.]

I'm holding up two wolves. White foxes in the baling press. [John (Jock) Andrew Paterson holding up two wolf pelts. A collection of white fox furs are in the baling press.]

Our houses looking from the back. [Rear view of John (Jock) Andrew Paterson's log cabins during construction]

Latham Island Panorama [View of Latham Island buildings and streets, looking west across Back Bay toward Giant Mine from hill behind what is now a park on Hearne Hill Drive. Yellowknife.]

This file contains pages pages 101-150 of a photocopied draft version of Jock McMeekan's Yellowknife Blade, edited and abridged by G. McC. Gould. This portion of the autobiography of Jock McMeekan spans his time editing The Northern Miner in Montreal in 1929, and time working at various mines and prospecting in Quebec, through to his early Yellowknife days circa 1935. Page 120 coincides with page 4 of the published book, page 150 coincides with page 27 of the published book.

Please note that this interview contains an outdated and derogatory term historically used to refer to persons of Chinese ancestry.