The Palliser expedition, officially the British North American Exploring Expedition, explored and surveyed the open prairies and rugged wilderness of...
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Look up Palliser in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Palliser may refer to: Anthony Palliser (born 1949), British painter Arthur Palliser (1890–1956)...
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James Hector (section Palliser expedition)
Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist. He went on to have a lengthy career as...
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County Waterford for 1844–45. During a hunting expedition in British North America in 1847, Palliser wrote Solitary Rambles and Adventures of a Hunter...
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Palliser's Triangle (French: Triangle de Palliser), or the Palliser Triangle, is a semi-arid steppe occupying a substantial portion of the Western Canadian...
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The river was named in 1858, when James Hector, a member of the Palliser Expedition, reported being kicked by his packhorse while exploring the river...
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Joseph Edward Brazeau, who had provided his translation skills to the Palliser expedition. Mountain peaks of Canada List of mountain peaks of North America...
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needed] Another factor was the findings of the Palliser Expedition of 1857 to 1860, led by Captain John Palliser. He surveyed the area of the prairies and...
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Hector, who accompanied the Palliser Expedition, encountered Castle Mountain in August 1858 while leading a side expedition to find the headwaters of the...
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The Palliser River is named in honor of John Palliser, whose Palliser Expedition explored the Canadian Rockies from 1857 to 1859. The Palliser River...
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group of the Palliser Expedition as Castle Mountain, within days of the naming of the Banff peak by the Palliser group of the Palliser Expedition. The name...
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Irish-Canadian mathematician, astronomer, and explorer who took part in the Palliser Expedition in the 19th century. Sullivan taught at the Royal Naval College in...
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who helped secure funding for the Palliser expedition. The name was officially adopted in 1924 based on Palliser's 1863 map of British North America....
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James Hector in 1860 after Eugène Bourgeau, a botanist with the Palliser Expedition. Bourgeau Lake sits at the foot of the mountain and is a popular...
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other two being Crowfoot and Na-to-sa-pi), and, in July 1859, the Palliser Expedition were guests at his encampment on the Red Deer River. Binnema, Theodore...
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Victoria names Ottawa as capital of the Province of Canada. The Palliser Expedition begins its exploration of Western Canada. February 2 — Alexander...
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Canada West politicians in the 1850s leading to the Palliser Expedition and the Red River Expedition of Henry Youle Hind, George Gladman and Simon James...
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in turn named for Joseph Brazeau, a linguist associated with the Palliser Expedition. Brazeau County encompasses an area that was originally under the...
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after John Ball, a politician who helped secure funding for the Palliser expedition. It extends over 465 km2 (180 sq mi), and measures 35 km (22 mi)...
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National Park (which in turn took its name from John Palliser, the leader of the 1850s Palliser Expedition), by H.H. Beach in 1943. The type locality was defined...
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geological and cultural importance. James Hector, a geologist with the Palliser Expedition, first documented the rock in 1863. He misidentified the feature...
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Palliser Expedition led by Captain John Palliser. It and the adjacent Kicking Horse River were named after James Hector (Hector's Branch Expeditions,...
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Range Maligne Range Massive Range Miette Range Misty Range Opal Range Palliser Range President Range Queen Elizabeth Ranges Ram Range Sawback Range Slate...
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1884 by George M. Dawson after James Hector, a geologist on the Palliser expedition. The mountain is located beside the Icefields Parkway, 17 km (11 mi)...
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summit. Coliseum mountain was first mapped by Sir James Hector of the Palliser Expedition in 1858. Martin Nordegg, the founder of the coal mining town of Nordegg...
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the Palliser Expedition, led by John Palliser. He described the area of southeast Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan – now known as the Palliser Triangle...
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James Hector (1834–1907), geologist, naturalist and surgeon on the Palliser Expedition, the main goal of which was to find possible routes for the Canadian...
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The pass is located north of the headwaters of the Palliser River. See Palliser Expedition. "Palliser Pass". Biv Home. Retrieved 2019-09-11. "Shadow Lake"...
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Palliser over Palliser's conduct as his second-in-command at the inconclusive Battle of Ushant in July 1778; the dispute led to Keppel and Palliser facing...
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Assiniboine warrior on the shores of a neighbouring lake during the Palliser Expedition of the 1850s. Records from early Metis settlers and the North-West...
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