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January 15, 2001 Issue 3 - Vol 2
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SAVING MOUNT LOGAN - Website
a lightning rod for dissent
It's hard for people today to realize, overwhelmed as we are with modern
wonders of science like the space shuttle, GPS, and microwave popcorn, that
the technological marvels of recent times weren't always with us.
Sometimes it is even harder for people to appreciate the accomplishments
made by some great scientists who came before us.
Sir William Edmond Logan was certainly one of those great scientists.
Readers of Geolog need no introduction to Logan, and know that he mapped
the geology and mineral resources of most of what was Canada before
Confederation in 1867, that he is the father of the Geological Survey of
Canada, that he was the first Canadian to be knighted, that he was named,
in 1998 by Maclean's magazine, the greatest Canadian scientist ever, and
that his name has stood appropriately atop Canada's highest mountain since
1891. His skill, hard work, and vision helped shape Canada into a nation
of great prosperity. It is no coincidence that our prosperity is related
to our wealth of resources and scientific achievements.
Why, then, would Ottawa announce on October 4, 2000 that the name of
Canada's highest mountain was being changed from Mount Logan to Mount
Pierre Elliott Trudeau in honour of our late Prime Minister? Were the
great scientific achievements made by Logan suddenly forgotten? Renaming a
geographic feature without proper consultation with the Yukon First Nations
Umbrella Final Agreement and the Canadian Geographical Names Board sets a
dangerous precedent. Ottawa's proposal was quickly met with outrage from
geologists, scientists, historians, mountaineers and many others all over
the world.
See full story click here
As published in GEOLOG, the newsmagazine of the Geological Association of
Canada, v. 29, pt. 4, 2000.
Visit Save Mt Logan and sign our petition.
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Canadian Featured
Book of the Week
I was There
An AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Frank Proctor
Edited by
William N Tindall & Pamela Proctor
Published by tmi Publications, Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
A Canadian Soldier's Real Life Adventure Story Summary: Frank Proctor grew up in a coal mining town near Durham, England, came to Saskatchewan to work in the grain harvest, enlisted in the Regina Rifles on the outbreak of war, trained in Canada and England, landed in Normandy on D-Day, fought through France and Holland to Germany, returned to Canada and moved to Mission, B.C., where he raised his family and operated his own business until retirement to the beauty of his art. Read this gripping first hand account by a Canadian infantryman of his personal experiences in the tremendous events resulting in the liberation of Europe.
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