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Sir William Edmond Logan collection [textual record (chiefly microform), graphic material (microform)]

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Date:

1843-1859.

Reference:

R3101-0-7-E, MG24-H44

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Item ID number:

97715

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Sir William Edmond Logan collection
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Collection includes:

3 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1843-1859.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.
1 microfilm reel negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of microfilmed field journals of Sir William Edmond Logan, 1843-1844, microfilm reel A-1658, recording his travels as Provincial Geologist and relating to work conducted in and around the Gaspé Peninsula. In addition to their geological value, the journals contain interesting observations on the people encountered on these journeys. Many of the entries were originally in pencil and later rewritten in ink, and the volumes contain several pen and ink sketches which clearly reveal Logan's artistic talents.

The first volume, 13 July to 30 September 1843, records a journey by canoe along both shores of Baie de Gaspé and as far as Cape Maquereau (Pointe au Maquereau) on the northern side of Baie des Chaleurs. Logan was accompanied by a Mr. Stevens and an Indian guide, John Basque. The second volume, 31 May to 4 November 1844, describes further explorations of the Gaspé Peninsula. Logan, accompanied by Assistant Provincial Geologist Alexander Murray, the Chemist Edouard-Sylvestre, comte de Rottermond, Mr. Stevens, John Basque, and four other Indians, proceeded by canoe from Gaspé up the St. Lawrence River to Cape Chatte (Cap-Chat), then inland over the Shick Shock (Chic Chocs) Hills to the Baie des Chaleurs opposite Dalhousie and then east as far as Paspebiac on the northern shore of this bay. A recrossing of the Gaspé Peninsula along the Matepedia River was then undertaken, and afterwards the party followed the right bank of the St. Lawrence River towards Quebec.

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Logan, W. E. (William Edmond), Sir, 1798-1875

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Logan, W. E. (William Edmond), Sir, 1798-1875 : Born in Montreal on 20 April 1798, Sir William Edmond Logan, geological cartographer, received his early education in that city. In 1816, he took a year of medical studies at Edinburgh University before entering the business establishment of an uncle, which included interests in copper and coal mining and construction materials. As a means to finding a reliable source of coal, Logan mapped the coal seams of South Wales topographically and cross-sectionally. His maps were adopted by the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Logan's reputation as a geologist, his Canadian birth, and his social and family connections secured him the positiion of Geologist of the Province of Canada in 1842, and first Director of the Geological Survey of Canada. The object of the Survey was to ascertain the mineral resources of the Country. The absence of accurate maps often obliged Logan to make a topographical survey of the Country with the geological one. Geological traverses were made by walking, with distances determined by counting paces, establishing lines laid out by compass. At night Logan would ink-over the pencilled notes and figures made during the day. His geological observations were authenticated by pen and ink sketches.

Besides his annual reports on the progress of the Survey, Logan in 1863 published Geology of Canada, followed in 1865, by a geological atlas and in 1869, by a larger geological map. In 1851, he became the first native Canadian inducted into the Royal Society of London for achievements in Canada. A knighthood followed in 1856. He officially retired from the Geological Survey in 1869, although he continued to work until 1874. He died at the residence of his sister at Castle Malgwyn, Wales, 22 June 1875.

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Location of originals note:

The originals are in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, Wales (Mss. 21715B and 21716B).

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 4. Curator: Michel Anne Crawley, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2000.03.22-2000.12.
( RG 45 V. 158, Joggin Bay of Fundy, May 28, 1843)

Related material:

See also RG 45, Volume 158, for a series of Sir William Edmond Logan's field notebooks which parallel these journals.
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Geologist - Canada, 1843-1844 Alexander Murray, 1844

Geology - Canada, 1843-1844 John Basque, 1844

Geological surveys, 1843-1844 Gaspe Peninsula (Quebec), 1843-1844

Georgian Bay (Ont.) - Geology, 1844 Georgian Bay (Ont.), 1844

Gaspé Peninsula (Quebec) - Description and travel, 1843-1844
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113-020003-5

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MG24-H44
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