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	Scenic Drives in Waterton Lakes National Park
		Blakiston Creek: Named for Lt. Thomas Blakiston of the Palliser Expedition (1858), the stream is often referred to as Pass Creek as it originates near the South Kootenay Pass.
		Mount Blakiston: Named for Lt Thomas Blakiston of the Palliser Expedition (1858) this is the highest peak in Waterton Lakes National Park at 2,920 metres (9580 ft).
		Thomas Blakiston of the Palliser Expedition entered the prairie from the west through the South Kootenay Pass.
	www.watertonpark.com /activities/drives.htm (2057 words)

	Thomas Blakiston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Wright Blakiston (born Lymington October 15 1832, died 1891) was an English explorer and naturalist.
		Blakiston explored western Canada with the Palliser Expedition between 1857 and 1859.
		Blakiston was the first person to notice that animals in Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, were related to northern Asian species, whereas those on Honshu to the south were related to those from southern Asia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Blakiston (202 words)

	Blakiston, Thomas Wright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Blakiston, Thomas Wright, naturalist, magnetic observer and explorer (b at Lymington, Hampshire, Eng 27 Dec 1832; d at San Diego, Calif 15 Oct 1891).
		Assisted by botanist Eugene Bourgeau, Blakiston made hourly measurements of the Earth's magnetic force at Fort Carlton on the North Saskatchewan River during the winter of 1857-58.
		Blakiston Brook and Mount Blakiston, the highest peak in Waterton Lakes National Park, bear his name.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0000816 (183 words)

	Presettlement Wildlife and Habitat of Montana: An Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Blakiston, T.W. Report of the exploration of two passes through the mountains in 1858.
		Blakiston, T.W. Report of the exploration of Kootenai and Boundary Passes of the Rocky Mountains in 1858.
		Blakiston, T.W. On birds collected and observed in the interior of British North America.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/literatr/presettl/expedit/british.htm (213 words)

	Noteworthy Families
		His brother Marmaduke, the third son of Thomas Blakiston of Blakiston and Elizabeth (nee Place), was admitted to the Inner Temple.(55) Later He figures in the above rebellion of the Earls (1569) as the 'writer', or composer of their manifestoes.
		John Blakiston, son of the Rev Marmaduke Prebend of Durham, was a devout puritan and parliamentarian.
		Nehemiah was married to Catherine daughter of Thomas Gerrard and sister of Mrs Coode.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /christopher.atkinson700/docs/noteworthy_families.htm (5189 words)

	Myth
		Of the Blakiston families the most attractive is that of the Durham family with it's Baronets, it's Churchmen, it's link to Royalty, it's role in the Civil Wars and the Regicide.
		Thomas (1440-1483) was son and heir to his father of the Blakiston estates.
		The third son being the Rev. Thomas Blaxton of Cuxwold Lincolnshire (This is possibly the case.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /christopher.atkinson700/docs/myth.htm (2532 words)

	List of biologists - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Thomas C. Jerdon (1811-1872), British zoologist and botanist
		Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, (1833-1896), English ornithologist
		Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British founder/first president of the Zoological Society of London
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/List_of_biologists (1527 words)

	Castle Wilderness - Sense of Place
		Today, the Peigan still use the area for hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering and spiritual purposes.
		The earliest known European arrival was Lieutenant Thomas Blakiston, who in 1858 traveled up the Castle and Carbondale rivers after he left the Palliser Expedition.
		It was Blakiston who was particularly impressed with one soaring peak which he named Castle Mountain.
	www.castlewilderness.ca /senseofplace.html (368 words)

	Park History Part 1, Refence Section, Waterton Park, Alberta
		Lieutenant Blakiston was the most critical - "This expedition is no more than a party of pleasure out on a hunting excursion." Blakiston, with a strong military background, opposed many decisions on how the expedition should proceed.
		Blakiston also suggested a further study of the Saskatchewan river system, but Palliser felt that this would be an impractical and dangerous endeavour.
		Blakiston instead entered North Kootenay Pass, crossing the continental divide into what is now BC and Montana (Tobacco Plains).
	www.watertoninfo.ab.ca /r/history.html (3748 words)

	Peaks of the Canadian Rockies
		Blakiston, Thomas (Thomas Blakiston was a member of the Palliser Expedition.) (see biog.) Official name.
		Thomas Blakiston was a remarkable man who travelled the world pursuing adventure and his scientific interests.
		In 1858 he travelled west with the Palliser Expedition in the capacity of magnetic observer with a special assignment to explore the southern passes of the Rockies to determine a feasible route for a transcontinental railway.
	www.peakfinder.com /showpeakbyid.asp?MtnId=120 (517 words)

	Annals of Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, 1872-1939
		On May 6, 1915 Thomas Sadler Roberts was appointed Associate Curator of the Zoological Museum and Professor of Ornithology in the Department of Animal Biology.
		Thomas Sadler Roberts remained as Director of the Museum until his death in 1946.
		Thomas Sadler Roberts brought to the Directorship of the Museum a great knowledge of the natural history of Minnesota.
	special.lib.umn.edu /findaid/xml/uarc00876.xml (7132 words)

	Blackstone Manuscript
		Indeed, the name Blakiston, in one form or another, is to be found in practically all of the parish registers of County Durham.
		It is also known that Marmaduke Blakiston, the brother of John, was involved in the Rebellion and the subsequent papal bull, excommunicating Elizabeth, the government began to tighten its legislation against recusants (or practicing Catholics).
		After 270 years, therefore, the Blakistons of Blakiston were no more and with something approaching inevitability, the junior branches of the family began to wither.
	www.dangel.net /AMERICA/Blackstone/BlackstoneManuscript.html (7045 words)

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		Early explorers of the river, Captain Thomas Blakiston and Is abella Bird, recorded harsh conditions.
		Blakiston, having seen a junk traverse the first rapid from Yichang in 1861 by towing (the first west ern account), comments:
		When she gets started again, perhaps she goes safely; or it may be the line breaks....not t hen, if she should strike a rock and go down in the middle, as sometimes happens.
	omega.med.yale.edu /~nn39/Projects/yangtze/technology.html (2427 words)

	House of Commons Journal Volume 4: 14 October 1645 \| British History Online
		Blakiston shall have Leave to go to Newcastle: And that his Service in the House be dispensed withal, during his Absence.
		Sir Henry Vane junior reported, from the Committee of both Kingdoms, a Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax, of 8 Octobris 1645, from Chard; together with the Opinion of that Committee thereupon: Which were read.
		A Paper reported from the Committee of both Kingdoms, and sent from the Lords, 10 Octobris 1645, which came from the Committee of the Militia of London, was this Day read; and was, for an Enlargement of their Power for Pressing of Men.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=23518 (1614 words)

	INDIAN TERRITORY (Alberta) 1850 -1859
		Thomas Woolsey (1834-1911) arrived Fort Edmonton and made this his base of operation until 1859 when George Simpson advised him that the Fort was not his station, although he admitted that it was occupied by the Romanists.
		Thomas Woolsey said, "I now consider myself a stranger to this Fort, although Chief Trader William J. Christie b-1825, and his lady always welcomed me when I returned from the wandering buffalo eaters." William J. Christie b-1825, was a very large fat man and his Metis daughter would become Mrs.
		When Blakiston was credited with being the first to discover the Kootenay Pass, he said discovery is subjective, the deer made the first trails, the elk followed the deer, the buffalo followed the elk, the Indians followed the buffalo, the trappers followed the Indians and then the army officers came along and discovered the pass.
	www3.telus.net /public/dgarneau/alberta3.htm (12865 words)

	Hissem_Bowes Family
		His brother, Thomas, died in Germany; Robert was slain at the battle of Quebec; George was drowned at sea; Henry fell on the battlefield in the West Indies; and Ralph died in infancy.
		She was the daughter of Sir Francis Blakiston and Ann Bowes, the daughter of Sir George Bowes of Bradley Hall.
		Thomas was not a lord, receiving his knighthood for his services, and his sister or daughter might have made a good wife for Martin.
	balder.prohosting.com /shissem/Hissem_Bowes.html (18256 words)

	Blakiston Who? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Thomas Blakiston was born in 1832 in Lymington, Hampshire, England.
		A number of species of birds are named after him such as Blakiston's Fish Owl (Ketupa Blakiston).
		Thomas Blakiston's 1858 Exploration of the Canadian Rockies
	www.ourheritage.net /Who/Blakistonwho.html (228 words)

	Peaks of the Canadian Rockies
		Thomas Blakiston was very impressed with the high distant peak he saw from near where Highway #22 now crosses the Oldman River Bridge and recorded in his journal, "I was now looking through the gap in the near range through which the river issues, I saw a very decidedly dome-shaped mountain.
		Blakiston was very interested in natural history and must have, at some point, been impressed by Gould's work.
		We can only speculate as to whether Thomas Blakiston would have approved of the change.
	www.rmbooks.com /Peakfinder/peakfinder.ASP?PeakName=tornado (509 words)

	John Palliser and Henry Hind - The Arctic and More - 19th Century - Pathfinders and Passageways
		Captain Palliser was accompanied by James Hector, a geologist, naturalist, and doctor; by Eugène Bourgeau, a botanist-collector; and by John William Sullivan, as secretary and astronomer.
		Lieutenant Thomas Wright Blakiston of the Royal Artillery, a specialist in magnetic variations and ornithologist, joined them along the way.
		During the winter, Blakiston returned to England, Palliser and two friends who had joined him went hunting and visited Native people, and James Hector conducted explorations.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /2/24/h24-1850-e.html (1144 words)

	Waterton Lakes National Park - History
		In 1858, Lt. Thomas Blakiston, returning eastward from his first exploration of British Columbia, is on record as the first European to have viewed the Waterton Lakes.
		Blakiston named the lakes Waterton, after British naturalist Charles Waterton, although the locals continued to call them Kootenay Lakes for many years after.
		Other trailblazers on the move at that time were the British and American surveying parties sent out to the Pacific to begin marking the International Boundary which had been established at the 49th parallel by the Oregon Treaty in 1846.
	www.canadianparks.com /alberta/waternp/page2.html (620 words)

	Résumé (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THOMAS BLAKISTON-1858 - In the Footsteps of Thomas Blakiston - 1858 - Research funded by The Canada Council Explorations Program.
		Summer 1983 - organized the Galt Sternwheeler Centennial Re-enactment to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the launching of the first of three sternwheeler boats built by Father of Confederation, Sir Alexander Galt and used to haul coal from Coalbanks, now Lethbridge to Medicine Hat.
		Summer 1982 - organized a ceremony and placed a plaque on the North Kootenay Pass, a historic pass in Southern Alberta to honour Thomas Blakiston of the Palliser Expedition who used the pass in 1858 and named a number of landmarks in the area including Waterton Lakes National Park.
	www.ourheritage.net /index_page_stuff/Explorers_Sketchbook_Series/resumee2Haig.html (749 words)

	webGED: Sparks Family Tree Data Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Thomas Howard, Electius Spalding, Ann Mahony, Ignatius Edwards.
		Inboth Father Jenkins' book and Vol I of Thomas Richard Gardiner's book, p.34, Ann, the daughter of Clement Gardiner and Eleanor Middleton was bornin 1720 and in 1740 was married to Richard Basil Boarman.
		Felix was apparently born after thecensus was taken and, Thomas had died in 1817.
	sparksfamilytree.net /family_tree/wga40.html (4749 words)

	Personal Names Index to the Writings of Alfred Russel Wallace
		Carlyle, Thomas [historian and essayist 1795-1881] ----365 --493 --498 --632 --722 --726 --734 --750
		Huxley, Thomas H. [biologist and philosopher 1825-1895] ----83 --90 --118 --146 --159 --165 --167 --181 --196 --210 --229 --242 --243 --245 --253 --257 --283 --286 --305 --358 --423 --493 --527 --532 --541 --563 --649 --656 --673 --700 --715 --716 --717 --718 --719 --721 --724 --726 --728 --729 --732 --735 --738 --743 --746 --748 --748a --751
		Malthus, Thomas [economist 1766-1834] ----161 --360a --427 --493 --589 --599 --656 --673 --676 --726 --729 --733 --750
	www.wku.edu /~smithch/wallace/names.htm (9301 words)

	Waterton Lakes National Park
		PRONGHORN and coyote roam the grasslands; mountain goat, bighorn sheep, grizzly bear and marmot frequent alpine meadows and barren ridgetops.
		The area, once a BLACKFOOT stronghold, was first visited by Europeans in 1858 when Thomas BLAKISTON explored the area.
		He named the Waterton Lakes after a British naturalist.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008477 (227 words)

	Living Butler, b: 1992 -
		Babington, Elizabeth (ABT 1396 -) Babington, Thomas Gisborne (24 Jul 1788 - 19 Jan 1871) Babington, Thomas Bacon, Elizabeth (ABT 1540 - 13 Jan 1593) Baillie, Jane Baillie, Peter Baird, Alexander Bairstow, Levi (Chr.
		Blakiston (2 Aug 1861 - Sept 12 1936 d.s.p.) Blakiston, Horace Mann,4th Bt.
		(1820 - 9 Feb 1878) Blakiston, Lucy Charlotte (8 Apr 1866 - 17 May 1874) Blakiston, Matthew,1st Bt.
	www.geocities.com /clayton_veale/names/ipb.html (147 words)

	webGED: Sparks Family Tree Data Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		"John Blakiston was baptized 21 aug. 1603 and was married at All Saints, Newcastle, 9 Nov. 1626, to Susanna Chambers.
		Susan Blakiston survived her husband,and in 1661 her effects wer e seized by the Sheriff of Durham as thewidow of a regicide."
		"The Blakistone (sic) family of Maryland descends from the Blakist onsof Newton Hall, a branch of the ancient family of Blakiston of Bl akistonin the Palatinate of Durham.
	sparksfamilytree.net /family_tree/wga7.html (3250 words)

	thePeerage.com - Place Index 66
		Ashton, Thomas Gair, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde b.
		Ashton, Thomas Henry Raymond, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde b.
		Hood, Alexander, 1st Viscount Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas b.
	www.thepeerage.com /pd66.htm (632 words)

	Day3
		This is Mt. Blakiston and it is the tallest mountain in the park at 2904m.
		It is named after a European explorer who visited here, Thomas Blakiston.
		If you have the energy, consider the half hour hike southwest to Blakiston falls.
	www.uleth.ca /vft/waterton2/Day_three.htm (520 words)

	House of Commons Journal Volume 4: 3 June 1645 \| British History Online
		Nurse, now Mayor of Gloucester, Alderman Singleton, and Colonel Blunt, to have the Command of the Garison of Gloucester, and of the Forces and Garisons there: A Declaration, That the Provost of Eaton College is not a Place within the Ordinance to discharge the Members from Commands Military and Civil.
		Orderrd, That Sir Thomas Widdrington do report the Ordinance concerning the Auditor and Comptroller of the Excise this Day Sevennight.
		Ordered, That the Committee of both Kingdoms do, this Afternoon, write a Letter to Sir Thomas Fairfax, to desire him forthwith to send a Trumpeter, to know what Prisoners there are at Leicester, and of what Quality; what Persons lie wounded; and to think of Exchanges.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=23412 (1136 words)

	Royal Alberta Museum: Media Centre - October 27, 1998
		The British government, through the Royal Geographic Society, initiated the Palliser Expedition to document scientifically the parts of southern Canada rarely visited by fur traders, to find passes through the Rocky Mountains and to establish British dominion over an area increasingly accessible to Americans.
		The expedition, led by Captain John Palliser, included a physician/geologist, Dr. James Hector, an astronomer, John Sullivan, a surveyor, Lieutenant Thomas Blakiston and a French botanist, Eugene Bourgeau.
		Bourgeau, referred to as "little Bourgeau" by his colleagues, was responsible for documenting plant life found on the expedition.
	www.royalalbertamuseum.ca /events/releases/981027b.htm (398 words)

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