150 years in the history of the Geological Survey of Canada

Christy Vodden

doi:10.18814/epiiugs/1992/v15i2/002

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Episodes 1992; 15(2): 101-108

Published online June 1, 1992

https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/1992/v15i2/002

150 years in the history of the Geological Survey of Canada

Christy Vodden

Geological Survey of Canada

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Abstract

Created in 1842, the Geological Survey of Canada (GCS) has been the driving force behind the geological mapping of Canada's nearly 10 million km² of land and freshwater lakes and of Canada's more than 6 million km² of continental margin and coastal boundaries.
The GSC is one of Canada's oldest scientific agencies and is among the world's first national geological surveys. Such surveys were still uncommon when it began, although France and Britain had established theirs in the 1830s.