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Martin Frobisher's Gold Mine
199225 min 36 secFilm: Documentary
Script: Robert McGhee
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In 1576, Martin Frobisher set out to find a northern sea route to the Orient. He landed on Baffin Island, encountered the Canadian Inuit, and collected what he thought was gold ore. The following two summers, he led expeditions which mined over 1200 tonnes of worthless rock, and attempted, without success, to establish the first English settlement in North America.
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Subject categories
- Archaeology > Archaeological Digs
- Mining > Arctic RegionGoldHistorical PerspectivesPortraits
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > Arctic RegionEconomics and IndustryExplorationImmigration and Settlement
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon
Credits
- script
- Robert McGhee
- photography
- Robert McGhee
- sound
- Gregory Pilsworth
- editing
- Lori Schroeder
- narrator
- Mike Giunta