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9-729: It was named by R.G. McConnell of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1904 after an indigenous word for “chief.” The Tintina Trench crosses the Continental Divide between the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean near Finlayson Lake, between Ross River and Watson Lake . The northwestern part of the valley is occupied by the Yukon River before it flows northwestward into Alaska . The central part of

18-473: A rented house on Great St. James Street (now Saint Jacques Street). One of the prominent cartographers and the chief topographical draughtsman was Robert Barlow , who began his work in 1855. Chemist T. Sterry Hunt joined in the early days and the Survey added paleontological capability in 1856 with the arrival of Elkanah Billings . After Aylesworth Perry was appointed as acting librarian in 1881 he prepared

27-502: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Geological Survey of Canada The Geological Survey of Canada ( GSC ; French : Commission géologique du Canada , CGC) is a Canadian federal government agency responsible for performing geological surveys of the country developing Canada's natural resources and protecting the environment. A branch of the Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada ,

36-603: The GSC is the country's oldest scientific agency and was one of its first government organizations. In September 1841, the Province of Canada legislature passed a resolution that authorized the sum of £1,500 sterling be granted to the government for the estimated expense of performing a geological survey of the province. In 1842, the Geological Survey of Canada was formed to fulfill this request. William Edmond Logan

45-631: The Trench include the following: The location of the Tintina Trench corresponds with recessive weathering rocks which have been deformed by 450 km of right lateral faulting along the Tintina Fault . 63°25′0″N 137°0′0″W  /  63.41667°N 137.00000°W  / 63.41667; -137.00000 This article about a Yukon location is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Alaska location article

54-433: The catalogue of reference works on geology , mineralogy , metallurgy , chemistry and natural history . George Mercer Dawson became a staff member in 1875, progressed to assistant director in 1883 and finally to director of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1895. The Geological Survey of Canada first began allowing women to conduct fieldwork in the early 1950s. Dr. Alice Wilson , the first of these women, lobbied for

63-641: The inclusion of paleontologist Frances Wagner shortly afterward. Around this same time, the GSC employed a third woman Dr. Helen Belyea . Canada has the geoscience required to attract mineral investment across Canada, to inform sustainable development of the North, and to work with allied countries to become a leading supplier of responsibly developed minerals. Canada has the geoscience required to inform responsible resource development and environmental stewardship in both terrestrial and marine environments, and to support its extended continental shelf submissions to

72-765: The valley is occupied by the Pelly River before its confluence with the Yukon River at Fort Selkirk . The southern Tintina Trench is drained by the Liard River which first flows south-eastward, then eastward and finally merges into the Mackenzie River at Fort Simpson, NWT where the combined waters turn back north for the Mackenzie's long flow to the Arctic Ocean. Communities and features of

81-626: Was in Montreal at the time and made it known that he was interested in participating in this survey. Gaining recommendations from prominent British scientists, Logan was appointed the first GSC director on April 14, 1842. Four months later, Logan arrived in Kingston, Ontario , to compile the existing body of knowledge of Canada's geology. In the spring of 1843, Logan established the GSC's headquarters in Montreal (in his brother's warehouse and then in

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