Item component is an article containing the impressions on the contents and importance of the records for Prentice Gilbert Downes that were recently acquired by the Saskatchewan Archives. Impressions are provided with contributions from: Saskatchewan Archives' archivist Catherine Holmes; book editor Robert (Bob) Cockburn; McGahren Stewart Publishing company representative Hugh Stewart; northern researcher and Saskatchewan History contributor Les Oysteryk; and Saskatchewan History editor Myrna Williams. Component appears on pages 6 to 11.

Component is supplemented by images showing: journal entry by P. G. Downes; Downes carrrying goods and a paddle during one of his trips to northern Saskatchewan; First Nations' woman and child in a tent; First Nations' child standing near a tent where goods are piled outside; group of First Nations' People awaitng payment for signing over lands; caribou meat drying on racks adjacent a tent; John Custer; Downes wading at the stern of a canoe that is near shore of body water; group of First Nations People seated outside the opening of a tent; and Downes seated with pipe at the docks with a floatplane and boat visibile.

Diary/journal kept by Walter Butler Cheadle (1835-1910), an English physician, from August 8, 1862 to May 19, 1863, during an expedition to explore Western Canada.

Item component is an article by Irene M. Spry that appears in volume 16, issue 1 of Saskatchewan History from page 22 to 26.

A Study of Henday's route from his crossing of the South Saskatchewan till his return downstream the following spring," by J.G. MacGregor. To be read in conjunction with "Behold The Shining Mountains".

The National Exploration camp site on Donaldson Lake in Beaverlodge area.

Item component is an article by Victor Whitebread that appears in volume 44, issue 1 of Saskatchewan History beginning on page 1.

Publication entitled, Historic Land Trails of Saskatchewan, written by C. Howard Shillington. Published by Evvard Publications, West Vancouver, B.C.

Item component is an article by John Hudson and C. Stuart Houston that appears in volume 52, issue 1 of Saskatchewan History beginning on page 32.

In Search of Henry Kelsey's Grave, written by Pete and Mabel Russell. An account of research conducted by Russells into the family history of explorer Henry Kelsey, and a trip to the British Isles by the Russells in search of Kelsey's grave.

Sound recordings of an interview with explorer Hugh Blackwall Evans of Vermilion, Alberta, regarding his experiences with the Borchgrevink expedition to the Antarctic in 1898 and his experiences living in Saskatchewan (North-West Territories) in the early 1900s. He speaks of the people he travelled to the Antarctic with, the dangers, weather, wildlife and the terrain and describes meeting Almighty Voice and other anecdotes. Interview conducted by Allen Ronaghan. Transcript included.