1913 Dr. E. Kyle Simpson's First Yangtze River Voyage

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Title: 1913 Dr. E. Kyle Simpson's First Yangtze River Voyage See all items with this value
Description: Rev. Dr. Edward Kyle Simpson (known as Kyle) was born on the Scane Sideroad in Howard Township, Ontario, in 1883. After receiving his teachers’ certificate, serving a year as a student minister in Essex County, Ontario, and receiving his medical degree in 1912, Kyle joined the Canadian Methodist Mission and embarked for China in January of 1913. His steamer, the SS Monteagle, set ground in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 1913. Kyle and his party spent some time in Tokyo visiting sites and resident Protestant missionaries. The party then pushed on to Shanghai where Kyle purchased some supplies before boarding a steamer for travel up the Yangtze River towards Sichuan.

It has been possible to piece together the dates of Simpson’s journey through a letter he wrote home and a blog about Fred Rountree, with whom he traveled from Hankow to Wanxian. These dates are shown in the series of Locations below. After spending at least ten days in Chongqing, from where he wrote his letter home, he then continued by houseboat to Luzhou, where he was stationed for language study for several years, while conducting some medical work among the Chinese.

This event presents the photos that E. Kyle Simpson took and acquired of his first trip up the Yangtze River. He was a keen observer of culture, history, economic pursuits and engineering, taking photos of interesting things he encountered along the way. Most of the photos of the missionary party were taken by someone else with him in the photo. See all items with this value
Location: 1913-01-27 – 1913-02-11 – Pacific Ocean See all items with this value; https://www.geonames.org/2363254/pacific-ocean.html See all items with this value; 1913-02-11 – Yokohama, Japan See all items with this value; https://www.geonames.org/1848354/yokohama.html See all items with this value; Between 1913-02-12 – Tokyo, Japan See all items with this value; https://www.geonames.org/1850147/tokyo.html See all items with this value; 1913-02-16 – 1913-02-19 – Shanghai See all items with this value; https://www.geonames.org/1796236/shanghai.html See all items with this value; 1913-02-19 – 1913-02-23 – Lower Yangtze River See all items with this value; https://www.geonames.org/1815696/yangtze-river.html See all items with this value; 1913-02-23 – 1913-02-28 – Hankow, Hubei (Wuhan, Hubei) See all items with this value; https://www.geonames.org/11494351/hankow.html See all items with this value; 1913-03-04 – 1913-03-10 – Yichang See all items with this value; https://www.geonames.org/1786764/yichang.html See all items with this value; 1913-03-10 – 1913-03-22 – Yangtze Gorges See all items with this value; https://www.geonames.org/6354946/three-gorges-dam.html See all items with this value; 1913-03-22 – Wanxian See all items with this value; https://www.geonames.org/1791746/wanzhou-district.html See all items with this value; 1913-04-03 – 1913-03-11 – Chongqing See all items with this value; https://www.geonames.org/1814906/chongqing.html See all items with this value
Event Date: 1913-02 to 1913-03
Provenance: E. Kyle Simpson photos curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe. See all items with this value
References: R. Frederick Evans. "The Antiquarians." The Ridgetown Dominion, July 23, 1975.; Alice Lossing Simpson, "1973 Ridgetown Centennial Committee Tribute"; Rev. Dr. E. Kyle Simpson tells the story of his first voyage to Sichuan in this letter to his home congregation.; 1913 Letter from Dr. E. Kyle Simpson, Chungking, West China; Fred Rowntree: The Architect of a Chinese University
Published In: Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album

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