Introduction to the North and to
A.Y. Jackson:
After graduation from Acadia University in 1926
with a BSc and an MA in Geology he accepted a surveying
assignment in the Arctic. That summer he left on board
the Beothic as the assistant to his childhood friend,
Dr. Ludlow Weeks. They visited several northern posts
en route to their destination, Pangnirtung NWT.
One was the opening on the RCMP post
at Bache Peninsula, Ellesmere Island. He photographed
the historic event using his camera and glass lantern
slides. With these and the developing chemicals and
paper he had brought as the official photographer, he
preserved a considerable historic record of early Inuit
life.
Over the next year Haycock mapped the
Cumberland Sound area of Baffin Island traveling by
foot, boat, and dogsled. During his stay he kept a detailed
and fascinating diary. On the way home he met A.Y. Jackson
and Sir Frederick Banting who were on a painting trip
aboard the Beothic. The artists made an enormous impression
on him.
Follow the links to read about the various chapters
of his life:
Youth
Introduction
to the North and to A.Y. Jackson
Scientific
Career/ Musical Pursuits
Early
Painting/The Call of the North
The
Infatuation of the North
An
Active Philanthropist
Haycock's
Memory |
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| Maurice Hall Haycock in his
winter clothing, Inuit style. |
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