Early Science in Canada’s North and the Hudson’s Bay Company (1768 – ca. 1810) National Historic Event

Churchill, Manitoba
The sundial left at Prince of Wales Fort by William Wales and used in the calculation of the transit of Venus, 1769. (© Agence Parcs Canada / Parks Canada Agency, 1958/59, T.C. Felton)
Sundial used by William Wales, 1769.
(© Agence Parcs Canada / Parks Canada Agency, 1958/59, T.C. Felton)
Address : Churchill, Manitoba

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2018-02-27
Dates:
  • 1768 to 1810 (Significant)

Other Name(s):
  • Early Science in Canada’s North and the Hudson’s Bay Company (1768 – ca. 1810)  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 2017-14

Importance: Early scientific observations and experiments in the fields of astronomy, meteorology, cartography, and natural history