Palliser Expedition

PALLISER EXPEDITION
EXPEDITION PALLISER
1857-1860
Captain John Palliser was able to carry out his project of
making a scientific exploration of western British North
America in 1857, when the Royal Geographical Society in-
duced the British government to commission the venture.
Assisted by Dr. James Hector, geologist, Eugene Bourgeau, bot-
anist, Lieut. Thomas W. Blakiston, R.A., magnetical observer,
and J.W.Sullivan, secretary and astronomical observer, he made
the first detailed and scientific survey of the region from Lake
Superior to the southern passes of the Rocky Mountains. <