McCleary at Fort Norman

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Title

McCleary at Fort Norman

Subject

'McCleary. Fort Norman Man who was so badly frozen'

Description

A portrait of a Fort Norman man, McCleary. Originally from Pittsburg, McCleary suffered from gangrene during a particularly long, hard and isolated winter and was forced to amputate his own toes with a jackknife. He survived alone for over four months, subsisting on just 25 pounds of flour mixed with snow.

This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

Creator

Miriam Green Ellis

Identifier

p049

Original Format

photographic print

Citation

Miriam Green Ellis, “McCleary at Fort Norman,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed June 1, 2025, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/446.

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