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In 1842, the Province of Canada named geologist William Logan the founding director of the GSC, to map minerals and resources. It was to be a short-term task.

Thomas Sterry Hunt made extensive contributions to American science, choosing two rapidly-advancing fields in which to distinguish himself.

Fascinated with science before girls were supposed to be, Alice Wilson overcame barriers and years of roadblocks to become one of Canada's leading earth scientists.

Enthusiastic in his second career, John Macoun's extensive study of plant and animal life became the basis for today's Canadian Museum of Nature.

The history of Canada goes back to Nova Scotia as a tropical land, lush with greenery, animals and bug life. Hundreds of millions of years later, fossils tell the story.

Building the country, climbing the ladders of science, arts, business and sports, women in Canada have not sat back to let the men do it all. Women were full participants

A minor earthquake in 1965 in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia caused an entire mountainside to collapse and the obliteration of an entire lake.

A countdown of the Most Important Books in Canadian Literature, from 1545 to 1948, as reported by the Literary Review of Canada