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	Dawson City, Yukon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon territory of Canada, located at 64° 03′ 45″ N 139° 25′ 50″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=64_03_45_N_139_25_50_W_).
		The locals generally refer to it simply as 'Dawson', but the tourist industry generally refers to it as 'Dawson City' to differentiate it from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, which is at Km 0 of the Alaska Highway.
		When Dawson was incorporated as a city in 1902, the population was under 5,000.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Dawson_City,_Yukon (436 words)

	George Mercer Dawson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Mercer Dawson (August 1 1849-March 2 1901) was a (A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma) Canadian scientist and (An engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures) surveyor.
		By age eleven George was inflicted with (Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)) tuberculosis of the spine (Pott's Disease) that resulted in a deformed back and stunted his growth.
		Dawson died unexpectedly in (The capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)) Ottawa after a one day bout with acute (Inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes) bronchitis.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_mercer_dawson.htm (569 words)

	SIR JOHN DAWSON - LoveToKnow Article on SIR JOHN DAWSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir William Dawsons name is especially associated with the Eozoon canadense, which in 1864 he described as an organism having the structure of a foraminifer.
		His son, GEORGE MERCER DAWSON (1849-1901), was born at Pictou on the 1st of August 1849, and received his education at MGill University and the Royal School of Mines, London, where he had a brilliant career.
		DAWSON CITY, or DAWSON, the capital of the Yukon territory, Canada, on the right bank of the Yukon river, and in the middle of the Klondyke gold region, of which it is the distributing centre.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DA/DAWSON_SIR_JOHN.htm (789 words)

	Discover Canada's Geoscience Heritage - Founders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dawson, GSC's third director, is known for his field work in the uncharted parts of Western Canada.
		Dawson City, Yukon, was named in his honour - in 1887, he had predicted rich gold discoveries in the area.
		Dawson was keenly interested in native languages and cultures.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /geoscience/founders_dawson_e.html (95 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Dawson (Canada) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dawson (Canada), city in western Yukon Territory, Canada, on the east bank of the Yukon River, at the mouth of the Klondike River.
		Dawson, Sir John William (1820-1899), Canadian geologist, noted for his work on the paleontology of Canada and for his opposition to the...
		Dawson, George Mercer (1849-1901), Canadian geologist, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the son of Sir John William Dawson.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Dawson_(Canada).html (126 words)

	William Mercer Owens Dawson
		William Mercer Owens Dawson was born in Bloomington, Maryland.
		During Dawson's term, the legislature increased the powers and duties of the state tax commissioner and gave the governor the right to remove tax assessors for refusal to comply with new tax laws.
		Although the legislature approved Dawson's election reform bill, it rejected his proposals for the environment, a pure food and drug act, workers' compensation, and the creation of a public service commission.
	www.wvculture.org /history/dawson.html (206 words)

	George Mercer Dawson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Mercer Dawson (August 1, 1849 – March 2, 1901) was a Canadian scientist and surveyor.
		Dawson later attended Montreal High School and McGill University (part-time) before moving to London to study geology and paleontology at the Royal School of Mines (now part of Imperial College London) beginning in 1869.
		His report was republished ten years later to satisify the public's interest in the region as a result of the Klondike Gold Rush.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Mercer_Dawson (441 words)

	Dr. George Mercer Dawson
		George Mercer Dawson, one of Canada's greatest scientists, was referred to affectionately as the "Little Doctor" or the "Little Giant" because of his diminutive size.
		He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, on August 1, 1849, the second son of Sir John William Dawson, a noted geologist and superintendent of education.
		Typical of Dr. Dawson, he assigned his colleagues to the easier routes and chose the hardest ones for himself.
	north-land.com /ypa/jmdawson.html (424 words)

	Dawson Creek
		Named after George Mercer DAWSON, an eminent Canadian geologist who was in the area in the 1870s, Dawson Creek was for many years a quiet village serving the surrounding agricultural area.
		Dawson Creek is the regional centre for northeastern BC.
		Dawson Creek's mile "0" on the Alaska Highway has made tourism important as all traffic along the highway must pass through the city.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002166 (251 words)

	Dawson, George Mercer
		Dawson, George Mercer, geologist (b at Pictou, NS 1 Aug 1849; d at Ottawa 2 Mar 1901), son of Sir John William DAWSON.
		A charter ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA member (1882), Dawson by 1883 was assistant director of the GSC.
		Dawson's brilliance in systematic mapping provided a sound basis for understanding the geology and mineral resources of much of northern and western Canada, and offered reliable guidance to mining, ranching, agricultural and lumbering industries.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0002161 (261 words)

	Dawson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are also Dawson Springs, Kentucky, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada, and Dawsonville, Georgia.
		Dawson College is a large English CEGEP in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
		Dawson's Creek is the name of a television series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dawson (142 words)

	Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
		Dawson Creek is the point of origin of the Historic Alaska Highway, which stretches 2,400 km north to Fairbanks in Alaska.
		When the geologist, George Mercer Dawson, led his survey party through the area in 1879, he was delighted with the fertility of the land and its attractive scenery.
		Dawson Creek is located in the Peace River Regional District, about 41 miles (65 km) southeast of Fort St John, 258 miles (412 km) northeast of Prince George, 717 miles (1,198 km) north of Vancouver, and 78 miles (125 km) west of Grande Prairie, Alberta.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns?townID=3593 (1137 words)

	Tourism Dawson Creek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dawson Creek is in the province of British Columbia and is Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway.
		Dawson City is in the Yukon Territory, is 300 miles north west of Whitehorse, Yukon (which is 950 miles north of Dawson Creek, B.C) and is on the Klondike Highway.
		They were both named after George Mercer Dawson who was a renowned surveyor that traveled to both sites in the late 1800’s.
	www.tourismdawsoncreek.com /questions.htm (802 words)

	CITY OF DAWSON CREEK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
		Dawson Creek was named after George Mercer Dawson, a geologist who was mapping the area in 1879 for the CNR.
		Dawson Creek and District Hospital, located on the south end of the city is a large employer of the area.
		Dawson Creek/ Tumbler Ridge Observer is a paper that is circulated on Sundays.
	www.discoverthepeacecountry.com /htmlpages/dawsoncreek.html (1250 words)

	Articles - John William Dawson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Of Scottish descent, Dawson attended Edinburgh University to complete his education, and graduated in 1842, having gained a knowledge of geology and natural history from Robert Jameson.
		Dawson returned to Nova Scotia in 1842, accompanied by Sir Charles Lyell on his first visit to that territory.
		Dawson was subsequently appointed to the post of superintendent of education (1850-1853); at the same time he entered zealously into the geology of Canada, making a special study of the fossil forests of the coal-measures.
	www.lastring.com /articles/John_William_Dawson?mySession=ba996c254c73317881115a990a929ee0 (476 words)

	Dawson creek Canada, canadian towns
		Dawson Creek is the natural hub for transportation in the north as it lies at the junction of four highways and two railroads.
		Dawson Creek- trading, transportation and service center for the vast Peace River country, has a population of 12,800 with a trading area population of over 66,000.
		The city is named after George Mercer Dawson, a 19th century railroad surveyor.
	www.bellsalaska.com /dawson_creek.html (1056 words)

	William Ogilvie - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thomas White, then Minister of the Interior, authorizes Dr. George Dawson and the Geological Survey of Canada, in concert with the International Boundary Commission of the Surveyor General's Office, to initiate an expedition to explore and report on the country.
		Dawson explains the purpose of the 1887 Expedition as "gaining information on the vast and hitherto almost unknown tract of country which forms the extreme north-westerly portion of the North-West Territories.
		Richard George McConnell, the third explorer, at thirty years of age, stayed with Dr. Dawson as far as the Liard, but went down the river to the MacKenzie.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/bios/ogilvie2.html (1157 words)

	Klondike Sun
		George Mercer Dawson was a most unusual man. Stricken with Pott's disease when just a boy, he scarcely grew taller after that and was left with a humpback created by a deformed spine.
		Dawson's report on the Yukon, in particular, was much in demand during the 1890's and on into the Gold Rush years.
		Dawson lived only to the age of 51, but by then his name was splattered all over western Canada.
	www.yukonweb.com /community/dawson/klondike_sun/aug15-03.htmld (4132 words)

	Articles - Dawson City, Yukon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon territory of Canada, located at 64Â° 03â² 45â³ N, 139Â° 25â² 50â³ W. The current population is approximately 2,000.
		The population was fairly stable until the 1930s, dropped after World War II when the territorial capital was moved to Whitehorse, languished around the 600-900 mark through the 1960s and 1970s, but has risen and held stable since then.
		The area's creeks were quickly staked and most of the thousands who arrived in the spring of 1898 for the Klondike Gold Rush found that there was very little opportunity to benefit directly from gold mining.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Dawson,_Yukon (637 words)

	Calgary & Southern Alberta - Alberta's Dinosaurs
		Once this inland sea drained the climate became semi-tropical and the coastal lowlands were dotted with lakes, marshes and deltas that sustained an environment in which dinosaurs evolved.
		George Mercer Dawson was credited with the first western Canadian dinosaur fossil discoveries in the 1870s.
		In 1884, Dawson commissioned his assistant Joseph B. Tyrrell, an explorer, cartographer, geologist, and mineralogist, to explore the relatively unknown wilderness stretching from Central Alberta west from Fort Calgary, into what is now British Columbia.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/calgary/dino.html (702 words)

	Alaska-Canada (AlCan) 2003
		Dawson City dates from the discovery of gold on a Klondike River tributary, Rabbit Creek (renamed Bonanza Creek) in 1896.
		Dawson City townsite was prepared by Joe Ladue, a trader and sawmill operator, and surveyed by William Ogilvie.
		It advertises as one of the best-known roadhouses in the North, the lodge is located between Whitehorse and Dawson City, 368.7 kilometers (229.1 miles) north of the junction with the Alaska Highway.
	www.ruudleeuw.com /trv-alcan03-p2.htm (4470 words)

	Medicine and Science
		The geologist and explorer George Mercer Dawson was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, and moved to Montréal in 1855 when his father, John William Dawson, became Principal of McGill.
		Dawson's scientific manuscripts fall into two groups: notes and reports on Western exploration, geology, mining, and Indians, 1870-1875, and 5 cm of general lectures on physical geography delivered to the Montreal Ladies' Educational Association, 1880.
		Dawson also wrote poetry, of which 10 cm of manuscript is extant (c.56), mostly reflections on states of mind, the Canadian landscape and seasons, and the vanity of human society, endeavour and love.
	www.archives.mcgill.ca /resources/guide/vol2_3/gen04.htm (13910 words)

	Dawson, Sir John William on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His son, George Mercer Dawson, 1849-1901, was a geologist (1873-75) for the North American Boundary Commission.
		On the staff of the Canadian Geological Survey from 1875, he served as its director from 1895.
		Dawson, former capital of Yukon Territory, Canada, was named for him.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Dawson-S1.asp (393 words)

	Introduction Dawson, 1874 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While researching George Mercer Dawson it was quite by accident that I met W.J. Ross a few months before he died in the early 1990s.
		In poor health he was spending hours on end behind a large magnifying glass attempting to decipher each word of the journal of a man he had come to admire.
		So that others might experience the genius that was Dawson without having to struggle with his hand-written notes we have made available the yearly field notes Bill Ross spent so much time on.
	www.ourheritage.net /index_page_stuff/Following_Trails/Dawson/Dawson_74/Dawson_1874_Intro.html (182 words)

	Dawson Coat of Arms, Family Crest
		The family was originally from Osonvilla, near Dieppe, Normandy, and it is from the local form of this name, D'Oson, which means 'from Oson,' that their name derives.
		"Dawsons in the Revolutionary War and Their Descendants" by Carol Ruth Dawson, "The Families of Ruebsamen, Spear, Dawson, Burley" by Neil Newayne Ruebsaman.
		It is hard to say exactly when man first came to the lands that were to become the British Isles, but it can be said with certainty that Paleolithic tribes were flourishing there by 8000 BC.
	www.houseofnames.com /coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Dawson (1221 words)

	Beginning the Journey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dawson City became a picturesque ghost town 200 miles south of the Arctic circle with a population under 1,000.
		Dawson was named after a Canadian geologist, Dr. George Mercer Dawson.
		We headed out of Dawson city following an old overgrown trail that would eventually take us to the historical Mountie trail we wanted to follow for as long as it was practical.
	www.goals.com /thayer/wolves/Ajnl2.htm (812 words)

	The History of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
		Early explorers had little contact with the indigenous population, although Frederick Schwatka, in 1883, made note of a First Nations portage trail bypassing Miles Canyon, and George Mercer Dawson, in 1887, noted the large number of salmon above the canyon - salmon were one of the fish that were important to the aboriginal population.
		In the early part of 1897 most of the people travelling over the Chilkoot Pass and on to Dawson were still experienced prospectors.
		For the thousands of stampeders travelling down the Yukon River to Dawson, Miles Canyon and the Whitehorse Rapids were the most treacherous obstacles on the entire route.
	www.yukonalaska.com /communities/whitehorsehist.html (2230 words)

	Interior Plains, Foothills and Rocky Mountains Panel Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It must be emphasized, however, that this part of Western Canada was initially explored by several outstandin g geologists of international repute, such as George Mercer Dawson (Director of the GSC, 1985 - 1901) and Reginald Aldworth Daly (Professor of Geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1908 - 1912, and at Harvard, 1912 - 1942).
		Dawson's detailed map of part of the Cascade Coal Basin in the Rocky Mountains shows coal seams along the Bow River Valley, which was the route followed by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
		Much of the early exploration in Canada was in fact directed at the search for coal, the fuel required by industry at that time, and an essential commodity for efficient trans-continental rail routes.
	www.umanitoba.ca /libraries/about/exhibits/plains.html (705 words)

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