Dawson, Dr. George Mercer National Historic Person
Pictou, Nova Scotia
George Mercer Dawson
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Address :
Pictou, Nova Scotia
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1937-05-20
Life Date:
1849 to 1901
Other Name(s):
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Dawson, Dr. George Mercer
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1895)
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Pictou, Nova Scotia
As geologist for the North American Boundary Commission 1873 and the Canadian Geological Survey, of which he became Director, 1895, he explored much of the Canadian Northwest. Commissioner on Behring Sea Resources 1892. President Royal Society of Canada, 1893.
Born at Pictou, 1st August, 1849
Died in Ottawa, 2nd March, 1901.