Stewart Collection ➔ Letter
Archival Item
2008.5.36 a-c
Personal, handwritten one-page, double-sided letter in pencil, from Gordon Stewart to Wilda McCormick. Letter details the crash of the Queen of the Yukon II and the death of pilot and Stewart's friend, John "Pat" Patterson.
A Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd. 25 cent stamp is affixed to the back of the envelope along with a 2 cent Canada Postage stamp. A self adhesive post band is affixed across the bottom of the envelope and reads " Air Mail - Care of Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd. Postmarked NO 12, 1929, Mayo Landing, Yukon.
Inside the envelope is a newspaper clipping dated December 3 [1929] which details the crash of the Northern Light, G-CAUZ.
A Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd. 25 cent stamp is affixed to the back of the envelope along with a 2 cent Canada Postage stamp. A self adhesive post band is affixed across the bottom of the envelope and reads " Air Mail - Care of Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd. Postmarked NO 12, 1929, Mayo Landing, Yukon.
Inside the envelope is a newspaper clipping dated December 3 [1929] which details the crash of the Northern Light, G-CAUZ.
Gordon Stewart later married Wilda McCormick on July 25, 1931. Although the Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd. stamp and post band would indicate that this letter was send via air mail, the Queen of the Yukon II crashed November 2, 1929.