Notes on the routes from Lake Superior to the Red River, and on the settlement itself: Compiled from reports by Captain Palliser, Professor Hind, and Messrs. Dawson and Napier, with notes relating to the transport of troops, &c. by Colonel Crofton and…

Notes on the routes from Lake Superior to the Red River, and on the settlement itself: Compiled from reports by Captain Palliser, Professor Hind, and Messrs. Dawson and Napier, with notes relating to the transport of troops, &c. by Colonel Crofton and Captain (now General) Lefroy

Author: Dawson, Simon James, 1820-1902. (author)

Year: 1870

Dawson, Simon James: 1820-1902. Civil engineer; appointed to survey the country west of Lake Superior, 1857; employed in the opening up of the Dawson Route, 1868; superintended transportation of troops in Red River expedition, 1870 (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Hind, Henry Youle: 1823-1908. Born and educated in England; to Canada, 1846; professor of geology and chemistry, University of Toronto, 1853-1864; geologist on Red River exploratory expedition sent out from Canada, 1857; in command of Assiniboine-Saskatchewan exploratory expedition, 1858; later led surveying expeditions to eastern parts of Canada, including Labrador (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Lefroy, John Henry (Sir): 1817-1890. English military officer and scientist; conducted magnetic survey of Canada, from Lachine to Fort Simpson, 1843-1844, which established his reputation as a geographer; in charge of magnetic observatory in Toronto, 1844-1853; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1848, and Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, 1853; returned to England ( Dictionary of National Biography ). // Palliser, John: 1817-1887. Born in Ireland and largely educated there; went on hunting