Jones, Strachan

Strachen Jones was an assistant to James Lockhart, who was in charge of Fort Yukon from 1860 to 1863 and then Fort Resolution before moving to the Pacific. Jones and Lockhart, recruited by Kennicott, collected ornithological specimens that were later sent to the Smithsonian.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_563_pid_EACP560

Strachan Jones was a Church of England missionary who travelled in northern Canada during the 1850s

From the guide to the Strachan Jones collection, 1859, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)