About this ebook
Landscapes, rivers, resources, geology, indigenous peoples.... all these subjects were of interest to geologist-explorer Dawson (1849-1901) as he travelled the prairies, the Rockies, Yukon, British Columbia and beyond. Over 200 of Dawson's sketches from his notebooks at the National Archives and McGill University.
About the author
1949-1901. LL.D. CMG FRS FRSC. Graduated McGill University and Royal School of Mines (London). Director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1895-1901). Raised in upper-class Victorian Montreal (his father Sir William was principal of McGill) he was well educated and, beyond his work as a scientist, excelled at drawing, watercolours and photography.
British North America boundary commission 1873-1874
Joined the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) as geologist 1875
Queen Charlotte Islands survey 1878
Appointed Assistant Director of the GSC 1883
Bering Sea Commission 1891-1892. co-scientist Baden-Powell
Appointed Director of the GSC 1895
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