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1687: 372:, during which they made an arduous circuit by separate routes, on foot and by boat, of an area of 63,200 square miles (164,000 km), which had been previously unknown except for First Nations accounts and those of a few prospectors. The results of the work included some of the first maps of the Yukon. His report was republished ten years later to satisfy interest in the region as a result of the 22: 186: 298:(GSC) in 1875 and led many field parties in Canada's north and west. His work is credited as having laid the foundations of much of our knowledge of the geology and natural history of those regions. For example, during 1883 and 1884, Dawson travelled through the 394:
Dawson became assistant director of the GSC in 1883 and was appointed its third director in 1895. Under his leadership, the GSC continued its far-flung expeditions to study all aspects of Canada's geology and natural history. Reflecting Dawson's interest in
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Report on the Geology and Resources of the Region in the Vicinity of the Forty-Ninth parallel from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains
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Report on the Geology and Resources of the Region in the Vicinity of the Forty-Ninth parallel from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains
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The field season of 1887 saw Dawson and his assistant R.G. McConnell exploring northern British Columbia and the headwaters of the
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Tutors and his father provided his education during his slow recovery from the illness. Dawson later attended the
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In 1898, Dawson lead a field expedition with the intent of surveying resources, along with the famed anarchist,
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Eckel, Edwin, 1982, GSA Memoir 155, The Geological Society of America — Life History of a Learned Society,
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In addition to his geological work, Dawson was keenly interested in the languages and cultures of the
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peoples he met in his travels. While studying the coal deposits of the Queen Charlotte Islands (
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and a noted geologist, and his wife, Lady Margaret Dawson. By age 11, he was afflicted with
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in 1890 and from McGill University in 1891. In 1891, Dawson was also named a fellow of the
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Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada
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L’histoire de la Commission géologique du Canada illustrée par 175 objets
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A World Inside: A 150-year History of the Canadian Museum of Civilization
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remain a treasured and unique record. He also published papers about the
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The Canadian men and women of the time: a handbook of Canadian biography
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in 1900, just seven years after his father served in the same role.
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Dawson began his career in the 1870s as a professor of chemistry at
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in Montreal. The building that resulted from his efforts was the
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The History of the Geological Survey of Canada in 175 Objects
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Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Zeller, Suzanne. "Dawson, George Mercer (1849–1901)".
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Beneath My Feet: the Memoirs of George Mercer Dawson
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