Further evidence and reflections on Joseph Elzéar Bernier's 1907 and 1909 sovereignty claims
Few aspects of Canada's Arctic sovereignty claims have been more misunderstood than the sector theory, which many writers believe originated with and was put forward on Canada's behalf (whether officially or unofficially) by explorer Joseph Elzéar Bernier. However, several Canadian governm...
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ftcarletonunivir:oai:carleton.ca:15606 2023-05-15T15:02:29+02:00 Further evidence and reflections on Joseph Elzéar Bernier's 1907 and 1909 sovereignty claims Cavell, J. (Janice) 2013-10-01 https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15606 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247411000787 en eng https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15606 doi:10.1017/S0032247411000787 Polar Record vol. 49 no. 4, pp. 406-408 info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2013 ftcarletonunivir https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247411000787 2022-02-06T21:50:48Z Few aspects of Canada's Arctic sovereignty claims have been more misunderstood than the sector theory, which many writers believe originated with and was put forward on Canada's behalf (whether officially or unofficially) by explorer Joseph Elzéar Bernier. However, several Canadian government officials in the 1920s were both shrewd and accurate in their assessment of Bernier's pretensions. This note focuses on the views of civil servant Oswald Sterling Finnie, as recorded in previously unexamined government documents. In the years following Bernier's retirement from government service in 1925, the explorer embarked on a campaign to win the place in history he felt he deserved, only to be thwarted by Finnie and his colleagues. The note also clarifies the differences between Bernier's 1907 and 1909 sector claims and the official sector claim made in 1925. Copyright Other/Unknown Material Arctic Polar Record Carleton University's Institutional Repository Arctic Polar Record 49 4 406 408 |
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Few aspects of Canada's Arctic sovereignty claims have been more misunderstood than the sector theory, which many writers believe originated with and was put forward on Canada's behalf (whether officially or unofficially) by explorer Joseph Elzéar Bernier. However, several Canadian government officials in the 1920s were both shrewd and accurate in their assessment of Bernier's pretensions. This note focuses on the views of civil servant Oswald Sterling Finnie, as recorded in previously unexamined government documents. In the years following Bernier's retirement from government service in 1925, the explorer embarked on a campaign to win the place in history he felt he deserved, only to be thwarted by Finnie and his colleagues. The note also clarifies the differences between Bernier's 1907 and 1909 sector claims and the official sector claim made in 1925. Copyright |
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