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Trailblazers

NRCan's chronicles are filled with interesting, award-winning, internationally recognized individuals who, in unique ways, have made NRCan what it is today and what it will become tomorrow. The list below represents the first in a series of Trailblazers who have contributed to the beginnings, development or advancement of our department. Each month we will highlight the accomplishments of one individual.

Trailblazer of the month: Sir William Edmond Logan

At nearly 6,000 metres above sea level, Mount Logan, the highest peak in Canada, stands as a monument to the achievements of the great Canadian geologist, Sir William Edmond Logan.

• Albert Peter Low [1861–1942]
• Alice Evelyn Wilson [1881–1964]
• Barbara Mullally Pauly
• Charles Camsell [1876–1958]
• Diamond Jenness [1886–1969]
• Dr. Clara Fritz [1889–1974]
• Dr. Catherine Hickson [1955–]
• Dr. Wladimir A. Smirnoff [1917–2000]
• Elihu Stewart [1844–1935]
• Édouard-Gaston Deville [1849–1924]
• George Mercer Dawson [1849–1901]
• Hugh Bostock [1901–1994]
• John Macoun [1831–1920]
• Joseph Burr Tyrrell [1858–1957]
• René Pomerleau [1904–1993]
• Samuel Gill Gamble [1911–1977]
• Sir William Edmond Logan [1798–1875]
• Sir Clifford Sifton [1861–1929]
• Willy Bruce [1947–]