CA-K1561History
Early science in Canada’s North, 1768 to about 1810
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In 1768 the Hudson’s Bay Company sent two British astronomers to Prince of Wales Fort, on Hudson Bay, to observe the 1769 transit of Venus. It began more than forty years of HBC cooperation with the Royal Society of London in astronomy, meteorology, cartography and natural history in the North, with Indigenous collaborators sharing their deep knowledge of the land, plants and animals.
Scope & context
The discovery as described in its Parks Canada national historic event designation.
Sources behind this record
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Parks Canada - Early Science in Canada’s North and the Hudson’s Bay Company (1768 – ca. 1810) National Historic Event ↗
Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
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