James William Tyrrell
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| Born |
1863-05-10[1] Weston, Ontario |
| Died |
1945[1] |
| Nationality | Template:CAN |
| Known for | exploring Canada's largely undocumented Barrenlands |
James William Tyrrell was a Canadian topologist and author.[2] Like his older brother, Joseph, Tyrrell went on physically demanding expeditions to Canada's sparsely settled, rugged North.
In 1898 he wrote "Central Canadian Waterways Transit System : Proposed Utilization of the Main Waterways of the Four Great Interior Basins of Canada by Adding Requisite 'divide' Railway Facilities for Improved Transit Thereon", a 14-page pamphlet.
In 1902 he wrote "Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada: A Journey of 3,200 Miles by Canoe and Snow-shoe Through the Barren Lands", based on his expedition to map the land between Great Slave Lake and Hudson's Bay.[2] He led a team of just 9 men.
In 1905 Tyrrell conducted the first survey of the mouth of the Churchill River, in Manitoba.[1] Fifteen years later Churchill, Manitoba would become North America's only rail link to the Arctic Ocean.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "James Williams Tyrrell - Encyclopedia Arctica 15: Biographies". Encyclopedia Arctica. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morten Asfeldt; Bob Henderson, eds. (2010). "Pike's Portage: Stories of a Distinguished Place". Dundurn Press. pp. 133–145. ISBN 9781554884605. Retrieved 2020-12-22.