Hello- Good item. Amazing man, also little known here in eastern Canada at least. cheers Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sigurd Towrie" <sigurd@orkneyjar.com> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 6:59 PM Subject: [<orcadia>] Orkneyjar Update - Dr John Rae > It's taken me long enough to put something online to recognise this great > man, but better late than never. > > A new section added to the Historical Figures section on Dr John Rae - the > discoverer of the Canadian North West passage and finder of the doomed > Franklin Expedition. > > See: http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/historicalfigures/johnrae > > -- > Sigurd Towrie > Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney > Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com > Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com > Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >