1. Charles Camsell was born in 1876 in Fort Liard, Northwest Territories, the son of a Hudson's Bay Company factor, Julian Stuart Camsell and Metis woman, Sarah Foulds.
10 Facts About Charles Camsell
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In June 1904, Charles Camsell received a letter from the head of the GSC, appointing him to a job he had not even applied for.
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Charles Camsell spent the early part of his career on various geological expeditions that took him to some of the most remote locations in the North.
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Charles Camsell did geological fieldwork in southern British Columbia, taking a detailed survey of the unique gold deposits of Nickel Plate Mountain.
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Charles Camsell retired from the Public Service of Canada in 1946 at the age of 70.
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From 1930 to 1931 Charles Camsell was President of the Royal Society of Canada.
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From 1941 Charles Camsell was an original standing committee member of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles.
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Charles Camsell founded the Canadian Geographical Society in 1929, and was its president from 1930 to 1941.
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In 1935 Camsell was made Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George by King George V In 1945 the Royal Geographical Society of London awarded him their Founder's Medal for his contributions to geology.
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The Charles Camsell Hospital, opened in Edmonton in 1946, was named after Camsell.