post

Added by you! David Thompson

David Thompson was a British-born fur-trader and explorer whose greatest contribution was mapping the Canadian Northwest. Thompson arrived in Canada in 1784 as a fourteen-year-old apprentice to the Hudson’s Bay Company. He learned scientific mapmaking— at that time a very rare skill in North America—while recovering from a broken leg, and left his employer to work for the rival North West Company in 1797. Thompson’s first great map of the Northwest, prepared between 1812 and 1814, accurately charted for the first time approximately 4 million square kilometres of territory, and was based on three decades of almost constant travel and survey. Described as “the greatest land geographer who ever lived,” he died penniless in 1857.

Add a Comment

*

*

We travelled across Canada with stops in the cities listed below. Thank you to everyone who shared their ideas with us during our kiosk activities and our roundtable discussions.

Province City Date Venue
British Columbia Vancouver November 9 Vancouver Public Library
British Columbia Vancouver November 10 Vancouver Flea Market
Newfoundland St. John's November 20 Memorial University of Newfoundland
Newfoundland St. John's November 20 Centre scolaire et communautaire des Grands-Vents
Nova Scotia Halifax November 21 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Nova Scotia Halifax November 22 Halifax Stanfield International Airport
New Brunswick Fredericton November 23 Crowne Plaza Fredericton Lord Beaverbrook Hotel
Alberta Edmonton December 4 Prince of Wales Armouries
Alberta Edmonton December 5 University of Alberta
Ontario Toronto December 11 Toronto Reference Library
Ontario Toronto December 12 Centennial College
Saskatchewan Saskatoon January 15 Radisson Hotel Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Saskatoon January 16 The Mall at Lawson Heights
Quebec Montréal January 24 Promenades Cathédrale
Quebec Montréal January 24 Salon Cartier 1, Centre Mont-Royal
Quebec Gatineau January 31 Canadian Museum of Civilization