Arctic regions, with all the discoveries, to 1853

History Biographical: Johan Frederick Dormaar was born in Holland in 1930 and immigrated to Canada in 1954. He worked for one year on a farm and then attended the University of Guelph to do his bachelor degree. He later entered the University of Alberta, where he gained his PhD in Organic Chemistry. Starting in 1960s he worked at the Lethbridge Research Station as a soil scientist. Mr. Dormaar had interests in local history, geography and archeology and wrote five books. - The Alberta Stretch of the Milk River (2010) - Alberta's 49th Parallel (2009) - Oil City (2007) - The Lethbridge Research Centre (2006) - Sweetgrass Hills (2003) Johan Dormaar was active in the local Historical Society and Archaeological Society of Alberta, Lethbridge Centre. He died in 2011.

Notes: "Reproduced at 73% of original size from a coloured lithograph in the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada. (NMC 62945) Insets: "Russian America" on top, left and "Capt. Franklin's journey from Coppermine River, to the head of Bathurst Inlet, & return by Hood's River Going out / Returning" on bottom, right. ACML facsimile map series ; no. 111 (ISSN 0827-8024). Published in 1986 by the Association of Canadian Map Libraries, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0N3. Reproduction sponsored by the Canadian Archaeological Association, on the occasion of the 20th Annual Conference, Calgary, April 1987. Original version: George Philip & Son, Liverpool 1853? SEE ALSO: 20111048 and 20111068 for additional J.F. Dormaar documents and maps