George Watson (1892-1965)
George Watson, retired district manager of the Hudson's Bay Company, died at Lachine, Que. on 25 December, 1965. He was born on 25 September, 1892 in Aberdeen, Scotland. After finishing his education and working for a short time there, he, like so many of his young fellow countrymen, joined the...
Published in: | ARCTIC |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
The Arctic Institute of North America
1966
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66479 |
id |
ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66479 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66479 2023-05-15T14:18:55+02:00 George Watson (1892-1965) Cantley, J. 1966-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66479 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66479/50392 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66479 ARCTIC; Vol. 19 No. 2 (1966): June: 109–212; 212 1923-1245 0004-0843 Evaporation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion obituary 1966 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:21Z George Watson, retired district manager of the Hudson's Bay Company, died at Lachine, Que. on 25 December, 1965. He was born on 25 September, 1892 in Aberdeen, Scotland. After finishing his education and working for a short time there, he, like so many of his young fellow countrymen, joined the Hudson's Bay Company and came to Canada in June, 1914. After spending three years at Norway House in northern Manitoba, he was transferred to Moose Factory, James Bay, where he remained until 1925, first as district accountant and later as assistant district manager. At that time, when communications were not what they are today, both these places were the administrative and distribution centres of the large Indian territories around them. Coming to Montreal in 1926, he was appointed assistant to the manager of the then recently amalgamated districts comprising Quebec, Labrador, Ungava, and the Eastern Arctic. Promoted to district manager in 1931, he directed the operations of several of these areas until his retirement in 1954, after forty years of service. During most of this period, he had occasion to travel extensively throughout these territories and thus acquired an intimate knowledge of them and of their economic and sociological problems that is given to few today. Rather reluctantly George Watson came out of retirement to serve as temporary Director of the Montreal office of the Arctic Institute from 1955 to 1957. While there, his keen administrative ability and long experience in northern work proved to be most useful. George Watson was married in August 1919 to Edith Parsloe Cruickshank, also an Aberdonian, who had entered Canada by way of Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay for her marriage in Moose Factory. He is survived by his wife and one son, George Jr., both of whom reside in Lachine, Que. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Moose The Arctic Institute James Bay University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Canada Edith ENVELOPE(-57.617,-57.617,-63.583,-63.583) Hudson Hudson Bay Hudson Strait ENVELOPE(-70.000,-70.000,62.000,62.000) Indian Moose Factory ENVELOPE(-80.616,-80.616,51.267,51.267) Norway ARCTIC 19 2 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
University of Calgary Journal Hosting |
op_collection_id |
ftunivcalgaryojs |
language |
English |
topic |
Evaporation |
spellingShingle |
Evaporation Cantley, J. George Watson (1892-1965) |
topic_facet |
Evaporation |
description |
George Watson, retired district manager of the Hudson's Bay Company, died at Lachine, Que. on 25 December, 1965. He was born on 25 September, 1892 in Aberdeen, Scotland. After finishing his education and working for a short time there, he, like so many of his young fellow countrymen, joined the Hudson's Bay Company and came to Canada in June, 1914. After spending three years at Norway House in northern Manitoba, he was transferred to Moose Factory, James Bay, where he remained until 1925, first as district accountant and later as assistant district manager. At that time, when communications were not what they are today, both these places were the administrative and distribution centres of the large Indian territories around them. Coming to Montreal in 1926, he was appointed assistant to the manager of the then recently amalgamated districts comprising Quebec, Labrador, Ungava, and the Eastern Arctic. Promoted to district manager in 1931, he directed the operations of several of these areas until his retirement in 1954, after forty years of service. During most of this period, he had occasion to travel extensively throughout these territories and thus acquired an intimate knowledge of them and of their economic and sociological problems that is given to few today. Rather reluctantly George Watson came out of retirement to serve as temporary Director of the Montreal office of the Arctic Institute from 1955 to 1957. While there, his keen administrative ability and long experience in northern work proved to be most useful. George Watson was married in August 1919 to Edith Parsloe Cruickshank, also an Aberdonian, who had entered Canada by way of Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay for her marriage in Moose Factory. He is survived by his wife and one son, George Jr., both of whom reside in Lachine, Que. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Cantley, J. |
author_facet |
Cantley, J. |
author_sort |
Cantley, J. |
title |
George Watson (1892-1965) |
title_short |
George Watson (1892-1965) |
title_full |
George Watson (1892-1965) |
title_fullStr |
George Watson (1892-1965) |
title_full_unstemmed |
George Watson (1892-1965) |
title_sort |
george watson (1892-1965) |
publisher |
The Arctic Institute of North America |
publishDate |
1966 |
url |
https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66479 |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(-57.617,-57.617,-63.583,-63.583) ENVELOPE(-70.000,-70.000,62.000,62.000) ENVELOPE(-80.616,-80.616,51.267,51.267) |
geographic |
Arctic Canada Edith Hudson Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Indian Moose Factory Norway |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Canada Edith Hudson Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Indian Moose Factory Norway |
genre |
Arctic Arctic Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Moose The Arctic Institute James Bay |
genre_facet |
Arctic Arctic Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Moose The Arctic Institute James Bay |
op_source |
ARCTIC; Vol. 19 No. 2 (1966): June: 109–212; 212 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
op_relation |
https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66479/50392 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66479 |
container_title |
ARCTIC |
container_volume |
19 |
container_issue |
2 |
_version_ |
1766290436832362496 |