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1990 (Creation)
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Biographical history
Abel Seneca Weekes was born in on a farm in the Moss Township near Glencoe, Ontario in 1866. He took an apprenticeship in land survey in Glencoe in his youth. Following his apprenticeship, he surveyed areas of Northern Ontario. From 1887-1890, Code and Robertson employed Weekes to survey Clifton, Ontario.
In 1894, Weekes moved to Western Canada. He worked in a variety of positions including working as a prospector, miner, and surveyor. In 1897, Weekes and some friends decided to move to the Klondike. Weekes spent several months traveling to reach the Klondike. Upon reaching the Yukon in 1898, he spent five years working in various stores, as a trapper, and as prospector.
In 1904, Weekes returned to Alberta, and Canadian National Railways (C.N.R.) hired Weekes as a surveyor. In 1919, he was made Chief Land Surveyor of C.N.R. While working for C.N.R., Weekes lived in Edmonton, but following his retirement from C.N.R. in 1931, he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Weekes held membership with the Dominion Land Surveyor's Association, the Ontario Land Surveyor's Association, an executive member of Alberta Land Surveyor's Association, and President of the Saskatchewan Land Surveyor's Association, and the Engineering Institute of Canada.
Weekes married Miriam Millicent Smith (1883-1925) of Bothwell Ontario in 1906. Together they had six children: William (1907-1936), Miriam Lydia (Sutton) (1910-1983), Millicent Elizebeth (Sutton) (1914-?), Frances Evelyn (Layton) (1916-1996), Mary (1918-?), and Ruth (1921-?). After Miriam's death, Weekes married Anne Whitford (1884-1964) of Ireland in 1926.
Weekes died in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1936.
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The fonds consists of a copy of an unfinished account of Abel Weekes’ journey to the Klondike. The account details transportation, diet, disease, climate, encounters with First Nations Peoples, and geography.
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In 1990, Frances Layton, a daughter of Abel Weekes, donated the material.
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The material is in English.
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Use Conditions: Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.
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Information for the biographical sketch sourced from The Winnipeg Tribune, April 29, 1936, available at http://www.slsa.sk.ca/Biographies/022.html (Accessed May 29, 2007).
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Includes accession PR1990.0610.