Charles Camsell (1876-1958)

Authors

  • Margaret Mason Shaw

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2171

Keywords:

Biographies, Camsell, Charles, 1876-1958, Expeditions, Geological exploration, Geological Survey of Canada, History, Great Bear Lake region, N.W.T., Great Slave Lake region, James Bay region, Manitoba, Northern, Ontario

Abstract

[Camsell was born at Fort Liard, N.W.T.] ... After attending school and university in Winnipeg, he went home to Fort Simpson, .... A trip to Fort Providence in 1900 was the turning point in Camsell's life. He met James MacIntosh Bell of the Geological Survey, who was on his way to explore around Great Bear Lake and south to Great Slave Lake. When Bell learned that Camsell knew the region and could speak the Indian languages, he asked him to join the party, and thus began Camsell's career as a geologist. ... In 1920 Camsell was promoted to Deputy Minister of Mines and later, when several departments were merged, Deputy Minister of Mines and Resources. ... He retired in 1945 and died in Ottawa in 1958.

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Published

1984-01-01

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (1984): March: 1–90

Section

Arctic Profiles