Activities of the Geographical Branch in Northern Canada, 1947-1957
The Geographical Branch of the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys was created in 1947. Under its terms of references, part of its responsibility is the collection and analysis of geographical information on northern Canada, in particular the territories under the jurisdiction of the federal g...
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Age Animal population Animal tagging Arctic char Beluga whales Benthos Biological productivity Biological sampling Coregoninae Dentition Fish management Fisheries Fishes Fishing Hydrography Ivory Lake trout Measurement Ocean temperature Oceanography Oxygen Plankton Salinity Seals (Animals) Subsistence Walruses Whales Mackenzie Delta N.W.T Firth River Alaska/Yukon King Point waters Yukon Pelly Lake Nunavut Garry Lake Mackenzie River Kugluktuk region Rowley River Hudson Bay Foxe Basin Newfoundland waters St. Lawrence Gulf of Canada Fury and Hecla Strait |
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Age Animal population Animal tagging Arctic char Beluga whales Benthos Biological productivity Biological sampling Coregoninae Dentition Fish management Fisheries Fishes Fishing Hydrography Ivory Lake trout Measurement Ocean temperature Oceanography Oxygen Plankton Salinity Seals (Animals) Subsistence Walruses Whales Mackenzie Delta N.W.T Firth River Alaska/Yukon King Point waters Yukon Pelly Lake Nunavut Garry Lake Mackenzie River Kugluktuk region Rowley River Hudson Bay Foxe Basin Newfoundland waters St. Lawrence Gulf of Canada Fury and Hecla Strait Fraser, J. Keith Activities of the Geographical Branch in Northern Canada, 1947-1957 |
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Age Animal population Animal tagging Arctic char Beluga whales Benthos Biological productivity Biological sampling Coregoninae Dentition Fish management Fisheries Fishes Fishing Hydrography Ivory Lake trout Measurement Ocean temperature Oceanography Oxygen Plankton Salinity Seals (Animals) Subsistence Walruses Whales Mackenzie Delta N.W.T Firth River Alaska/Yukon King Point waters Yukon Pelly Lake Nunavut Garry Lake Mackenzie River Kugluktuk region Rowley River Hudson Bay Foxe Basin Newfoundland waters St. Lawrence Gulf of Canada Fury and Hecla Strait |
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The Geographical Branch of the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys was created in 1947. Under its terms of references, part of its responsibility is the collection and analysis of geographical information on northern Canada, in particular the territories under the jurisdiction of the federal government. In the decade since the Branch's inauguration, geographers have carried out various kinds of field surveys in the Canadian Arctic and subarctic, from the northern coast of Ellesmere Island to the Hudson Bay coastal plain in Ontario, and from the Alaska boundary to Labrador. These surveys have varied from parties formed entirely of geographers to individual shipboard observers or representatives on collaborative teams of scientists. The collection of basic information on the vast unknown expanses of the Arctic is peculiarly suited to the application of geographic methods. Utilizing the trimetrogon and vertical photography carried out since World War II, geographers have applied sampling techniques in interpreting larger areas, making intensive field studies of representative terrain types and expanding them by use of the air photos in delimiting, describing and analysing physiographic regions. Studies in physical geography have been the backbone of the work of the Branch in the Arctic. Air photo interpretation keys have been prepared for 14 areas: Alert, Eureka, Mould Bay, Resolute, Mackenzie Delta, Darnley Bay, Coppermine, Bathurst Inlet, Boothia Isthmus, Wager Bay, Southampton Island, Kaniapiskau-Koksoak Rivers in Ungava, the Hudson Bay Railway, and the Kenogami River. Reports on the human geography of various areas were included in the field reports and are mainly unpublished; several studies in historical geography also resulted from the field surveys. . |
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Activities of the Geographical Branch in Northern Canada, 1947-1957 |
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Activities of the Geographical Branch in Northern Canada, 1947-1957 |
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Activities of the Geographical Branch in Northern Canada, 1947-1957 |
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Activities of the Geographical Branch in Northern Canada, 1947-1957 |
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Activities of the Geographical Branch in Northern Canada, 1947-1957 |
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activities of the geographical branch in northern canada, 1947-1957 |
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The Arctic Institute of North America |
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1957 |
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66820 2023-05-15T14:18:50+02:00 Activities of the Geographical Branch in Northern Canada, 1947-1957 Fraser, J. Keith 1957-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66820 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66820/50733 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66820 ARCTIC; Vol 10, No 4: 1957; 246-250 1923-1245 0004-0843 Age Animal population Animal tagging Arctic char Beluga whales Benthos Biological productivity Biological sampling Coregoninae Dentition Fish management Fisheries Fishes Fishing Hydrography Ivory Lake trout Measurement Ocean temperature Oceanography Oxygen Plankton Salinity Seals (Animals) Subsistence Walruses Whales Mackenzie Delta N.W.T Firth River Alaska/Yukon King Point waters Yukon Pelly Lake Nunavut Garry Lake Mackenzie River Kugluktuk region Rowley River Hudson Bay Foxe Basin Newfoundland waters St. Lawrence Gulf of Canada Fury and Hecla Strait info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1957 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:36Z The Geographical Branch of the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys was created in 1947. Under its terms of references, part of its responsibility is the collection and analysis of geographical information on northern Canada, in particular the territories under the jurisdiction of the federal government. In the decade since the Branch's inauguration, geographers have carried out various kinds of field surveys in the Canadian Arctic and subarctic, from the northern coast of Ellesmere Island to the Hudson Bay coastal plain in Ontario, and from the Alaska boundary to Labrador. These surveys have varied from parties formed entirely of geographers to individual shipboard observers or representatives on collaborative teams of scientists. The collection of basic information on the vast unknown expanses of the Arctic is peculiarly suited to the application of geographic methods. Utilizing the trimetrogon and vertical photography carried out since World War II, geographers have applied sampling techniques in interpreting larger areas, making intensive field studies of representative terrain types and expanding them by use of the air photos in delimiting, describing and analysing physiographic regions. Studies in physical geography have been the backbone of the work of the Branch in the Arctic. Air photo interpretation keys have been prepared for 14 areas: Alert, Eureka, Mould Bay, Resolute, Mackenzie Delta, Darnley Bay, Coppermine, Bathurst Inlet, Boothia Isthmus, Wager Bay, Southampton Island, Kaniapiskau-Koksoak Rivers in Ungava, the Hudson Bay Railway, and the Kenogami River. Reports on the human geography of various areas were included in the field reports and are mainly unpublished; several studies in historical geography also resulted from the field surveys. . Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Bathurst Inlet Beluga Beluga* Darnley Bay Ellesmere Island Eureka Foxe Basin Fury and Hecla Strait Hudson Bay Kugluktuk Mackenzie Delta Mackenzie river Mould Bay Newfoundland Nunavut Southampton Island Subarctic Wager Bay Alaska walrus* Yukon University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Bathurst Inlet ENVELOPE(-108.051,-108.051,66.840,66.840) Boothia Isthmus ENVELOPE(-93.084,-93.084,69.584,69.584) Canada Darnley ENVELOPE(69.717,69.717,-67.717,-67.717) Darnley Bay ENVELOPE(-123.671,-123.671,69.584,69.584) Ellesmere Island Eureka ENVELOPE(-85.940,-85.940,79.990,79.990) Firth River ENVELOPE(-139.508,-139.508,69.542,69.542) Foxe Basin ENVELOPE(-77.918,-77.918,65.931,65.931) Fury ENVELOPE(-83.999,-83.999,69.901,69.901) Garry ENVELOPE(-62.233,-62.233,-63.350,-63.350) Hudson Hudson Bay King Point ENVELOPE(-55.467,-55.467,-63.167,-63.167) Kugluktuk ENVELOPE(-115.096,-115.096,67.827,67.827) Mackenzie Delta ENVELOPE(-136.672,-136.672,68.833,68.833) Mackenzie River Mould Bay ENVELOPE(-119.436,-119.436,76.197,76.197) Newfoundland Nunavut Rowley River ENVELOPE(-77.782,-77.782,70.251,70.251) Southampton Island ENVELOPE(-84.501,-84.501,64.463,64.463) Yukon ARCTIC 10 4 246 |