Charles Camsell (1876-1958)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Shaw, Margaret Mason
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Biographies; Camsell; Charles; 1876-1958; Expeditions; Geological exploration; Geological Survey of Canada; History; Great Bear Lake region; N.W.T; Great Slave Lake region; James Bay region; Manitoba; Northern; Ontario; Canada; Fort Liard; Fort Providence; Fort Simpson; Great Bear Lake; Great Slave Lake; Indian; Liard; Arctic; James Bay
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65223

[Camsell was born at Fort Liard, N.W.T.] . After attending school and university in Winnipeg, he went home to Fort Simpson, . A trip to Fort Providence in 1900 was the turning point in Camsell's life. He met James MacIntosh Bell of the Geological Survey, who was on his way to explore around Great Bear Lake and south to Great Slave Lake. When Bell learned that Camsell knew the region and could speak the Indian languages, he asked him to join the party, and thus began Camsell's career as a geologist. . In 1920 Camsell was promoted to Deputy Minister of Mines and later, when several departments were merged, Deputy Minister of Mines and Resources. . He retired in 1945 and died in Ottawa in 1958.