George Mercer Dawson

by William Chalmers

Dawson worked for the International Boundary Commission and the Geological Survey of Canada. He surveyed the 49th parallel, vast tracts of land in British Columbia's Interior, and many rivers in the Yukon. He knew the value of the Klondike gold fields ten years before the rush of 1898.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0968360181
• ISBN13: 9780968360187
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary