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Year

HIC

Establishment

Location

Project

Survey Type

1910

George A. Bachand

Shore Party

Churchill Harb., Mn

Hydrographic

Harbour

1910

H.D. Paizeau

Chrissie C. Thomey

Hudson Bay, Nelson Riv

Hydrographic

Coastal

1910

I.B. Miles, Lt. RN

Stanley

Hudson Bay

Hydrographic

Various

1911

F. Anderson

Minto

Nelson Riv, Churchill, Mn

Hydrographic

Coastal

1911

W.E.W. Jackson

Schooner Burleigh

Hudson Strait

Magnetic

Off-Shore

1911

H.D. Parizeau

Chrissie C. Thomey

Hudson Bay, Port Nelson

Hydrographic

Coastal

1912

H.D. Parizeau

Chrissie C. Thomey

Hudson Bay, James Bay

Exploratory

Off-Shore

1913

P. Jobin

Chrissie C. Thomey

James Bay

Hydrographic

Coastal

1914

P. Jobin

Shore Party

James Bay

Hydrographic

Inshore

1929

 

Acadia

Hudson Bay, West Coast

Hydrographic

Coastal

1930

 

Acadia

Hudson Bay, West Coast

Hydrographic

Coastal

1931

 

Acadia

Hudson Bay, West Coast

Hydrographic

Coastal

1949

R.E. Hanson

CHL Grebe

Baker Lake, Hudson Bay

Hydrographic

Shipping Channel

1950

Al Mack

CHL Grebe

Baker Lake, Hudson Bay

Hydrographic

Approaches

1950

D'Arcy Charles

Algerine

Port Burwell (northern Labrador) Frobisher Bay (Baffin Island)

Triangulation Harbour Approaches

Harbour


Coastal

1950

J.E.V. Goodwill

Terra Nova

Coral Harbour, Southampton Isl. Hudson Str, Labrador Coast

Hydrographic

Harbour,  Coastal Exploratory

1950

A.L. Mack

launch GREBE

Chesterfield Inl.-Baker Lake

Hydrographic

new channel route

1950

J.A. Brown

16-ft skiff (ex W.J. Stewart)

Yukon River

Hydrographic

Investigation of Yukon River Storage and Power Project

1951

 

Algerine

Resolution Island

Hydrographic

Harbour

1951

Steve Murphy

C.D. Howe (East Arct Patr)

Track sounding & various ports

Hydrographic

Reconnaissance

1952

 

Algerine

Ungava Bay, Hudson Strait

Hydrographic

Harbours

1952

 

Theron

Chesterfield Inlet

Hydrographic

Coastal

1953

D’Arcy Charles

Algerine

Ungava Bay, Leaf Lake & Bay

Hydrographic,   Sailing Directions

Coastal,Approaches

1953

D'Arcy Charles

Algerine

Kyak Bay, in Payn Bay

Hydrographic

Reconnaissance

1953

J.E.V. Goodwill

Theron

Hopedale & Approaches, Labrador

Hydrographic

Coastal

1953

J.E.V. Goodwill

Theron

Diana Bay, Hudson Strait

Hydrographic

Port Development

1953

 

C.D. Howe (East Arct Patr)

Track souding & various ports

Hydrographic

Reconnaissance

1953

 

d'Iberville (East Arct Patrl)

Track sounding & various ports

Hydrographic

Reconnaissance

1953

P.L. Corkum

CHL Rae

Yellowknife, Great Slave Lake

Hydrographic

Inland

1954

 

Algerine

Payne Bay area of Ungava Bay

Hydrographic

Resource Develop.

1954

 

Algerine

Leaf Bay, Ungava Bay, E. Arctic

Hydrographic

Reconnaissance

1954

 

Theron

Rankin Inlet, Hudson Bay

Hydrographic

Resource Devekop.

1954

 

C.D. Howe (East Arctic Patrol)

Track sdg, 18 ports

Hydrographic

Reconnaissance

1954

 

d'Iberville (East Arct Patr)

Eureka, track sdg, four ports

Hydrographic

Reconnaissance

1954

 

HMCS Labrador

various, in & around north

Various

Reconnaissance

1954     Joint Beaufort Sea Expedition Various Reconnaissance
1954   CHL Rae Yellowknife, Bay & Approaches Hydrographic Inland
1955 D'Arcy Charles Algerine west coast of Ungava Bay, Hopes Advance Bay Hydrographic charting for possible iron ore shipping port
1955   Theron Hopedale, Labrador and Rankin Inlet, Hudson Bay Hydrographic Coastal
1955   Theron Port aux Basques, Nfld Special Hydrographic for National Research Council
1955   C.D. Howe Eastern Arctic Hydrographic Track Soundings
1955   d'Iberville Eastern Arctic Hydrographic Track Soundings
1955 H. Blandford HMCS Labrador   Various Various
1956 D'A. Charles Algerine west coast of Ungava Bay, Payne Bay, Hopes Advance Bay Hydrographic includes charting for possible iron ore shipping port
1956 A. Rogers Theron special projects between Hudson and James Bay Hydrographic Various
1956   C.D. Howe Eastern Arctic, Track sounding, ports Hydrographic Track sdgs, various ports
1956   d'Iberville Eastern Arctic, Track sounding, ports visited Hydrographic Track sdgs, various ports
1956 M. Bolton HMCS Labrador Eastern Arctic, Track sdg, DEW line sites (Foxe Basin) Hydrographic unloading sites for Dew Line
1956   USS Storis Western Arctic Hydrographic Special hydrographic obs.
1956 P.L. Corkum CHL Rae Tuktoyaktuk Harbour, Hydrographic Harbour
1956 P.L. Corkum CHL Rae Mackenzie River from Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Hydrographic Checking existing data
1957   Theron Hudson Bay Hydrographic Coastal & Harbour
1957 M. Bolton HMCS Labrador Bellot Strait, Eastern Arctic Hydrographic Northwest Passage
1957 M. Bolton HMCS Labrador Eastern Arctic Multidisciplinary Various

1958

T.D.W. McCulloch

USCGS Storis

Western Arctic

Exploratory

Coastal

1958   Algerine Payne and Hopes Advance Bays, Ungave Bay Hydrograpic Harbour & Current
1958   Arctic Sealer Maitounuk Sound, Great Whale River, Hudson Bay Reconnaissance Coastal
1958   Arctic Sealer Entrance of Omoralluk Sound, Hudson Bay Reconnaissance Coastal
1958   Arctic Sealer Approaches to Rankin Nickel Mine Hydrographic Coastal
1958 D'A. Charles Baffin North-eastern approaches to Frobisher Bay Hydrographic, two-range Decca Offshore
1958 H. Blandford Baffin shore-party Pike-Resor Channel, Frobisher Bay Hydrographic Harbour Approach
1958   C.D. Howe Eastern Arctic Hydrographic Track sounding
1958   d'Iberville Eastern Arctic Hydrographic Track sounding
1958   CGL Rae Sans Sault Rapids (Mackenzie River) Hydrographic Detailed survey
1959   Baffin assisted by Arctic Sealer Hudson Strait Hydrographic Offshore
1959   Baffin Entrance to Exeter Bay, east coast Baffin Island Reconnaissance Inshore
1959   Arctic Sealer Lake Harbour and Approaches, Hudson Strait Hydrographic Harbour, Inshore
1959   Arctic Sealer Igloolik Harbour, Foxe Basin Reconnaissance Harbour
1959   Algerine Head of Frobisher Bay, NWT Hydrographic Inshore, Waterfront
1959   C.D. Howe Eastern Arctic Patrol Revisory Various
1959   USCGC Storis Western Arctic Exploratory Various
1959   CGL Rae Beaver Lake, Mackenzie River Hydrographic Shipping Channel

1959

  Theta Central Hudson Strait Tidal Currents

1960

J.W. Chivas

Camsell

Western Arctic

Sailing Directions

Coastal

1961

R.L. Weinberg

Camsell

Western Arctic

Various Surveys

Exploratory,  Harbour, Control, Sailing directions

1961

T.D.W. McCulloch

RCMP Spalding

Western Arctic, centered on Cambridge Bay

Harbour Surveys

Exploratory

1962

T. Jones

John A. MacDonald

Eastern Arctic

Sailing Directions

Off-Shore

1962   Arctic Sealer Split Island & Flaherty Island in the Belcher Islands, Hudson Bay Hydrographic Approaches
1962   Arctic Sealer Long Island Sound & Port Harrison east side of Hudson Bay Hydrographic Reconnaissance
1962   C.D. Howe Cape Dorset, NWT, Churchill, Man Hydrogaphic Various
1962   Labrador Smith Sound, between Ellesmere Island and Greenland Hydrographic Detailed survey
1962   John A. MacDonald Eastern Arctic, including Tanquary Fiord Hydrographic Track sounding, Coastal
1962   CSL Rae Athabasca-Mackenzie waterway Hydrographic Shipping Channel
1962 T.D.W. McCulloch Richardson Tuktoyaktuk to Liverpool Bay, Western Arctic Hydographic Coastal
1962   Camsell Main supply route, western arctic Reconnaissance Supply route

1963

T.D.W. McCulloch

Richardson

Western Arctic

Exploratory

Coastal

1963

A.B. Ages

Camsell

Western Arctic

Reconnaissance

Coastal

1963   CSL Rae MacKenzie River-Great Slave Lake area Hydrographic Various

1964

A.R. Rogers

d’Iberville

Resolute Bay

Range Lines

Inland

1964

A.R. Rogers

d’Iberville

Milne Inlet

Exploratory

Inland

1964

A.R. Rogers

d’Iberville

Cumberland Sound

Reconnaissance

Inland

1964

B.M. Wright

John A. MacDonald

Eastern Arctic

Various

Off-Shore

1964

G.R. Douglas

Polar Cont. Shelf

Cardigan Str., Fram Sd., Hell Gate

Hydrographic

Coastal

1964

J.I. Robichaud

CSL “Rae”

Mackenzie River

Reconnaissance

Inland

1964

J.I. Robichaud

CSL “Rae”

Great Slave Lake, western end

Hydrographic

Inland

1964

T.D.W. McCulloch

Richardson

Pelly Island to Cape Parry, Western Arctic

Reconnaissance

Coastal

1965

A.R. Rogers

d’Iberville

Eastern Arctic

Reconnaissance

Various

1965

H.W. Pulkkinen

John A. MacDonald

Eastern Arctic

Reconnaissance

Various

1965 A.R. Rogers d'Iberville and MacDonald Milne Inlet, north end Baffin Isl. Hydrographic Special interest to mining industry
1965 A.R. Rogers d'Iberville and MacDonald Eastern Arctic Hydrographic Track soundings
1965     Churchill Hbr. and tidal portion of Churchill River Hydrographic  
1965   Richardson between Pullen Isl. and Warren Point, western arctic Hydrographic, sounding Coastal
1965   Richardson Warren Point to Liverpool Bay, western arctic Hydrographic Control survey
1965   Richardson Coppermine, western arctic Hydrographic detailed survey of approaches

1966

M.A. Hemphill

d’Iberville

Milne Inlet

Hydrographic

Coastal

1966

M.A. Hemphill

d’Iberville

Eastern Arctic

Reconnaissance

Various

1966

M.A. Hemphill

John A. MacDonald

Eastern Arctic

Reconnaissance

Various

1966

B.M. Lusk

Camsell

Western Arctic, Paulatuk, Spence Bay, Circumnavigation of King William Island

Exploratory

Various

1966

W.S. Huggett

Richardson

Tuktoyaktuk Harbour

Harbour

Coastal

1966

W.S. Huggett

Richardson

Western Arctic (Beaufort Sea)

Control

Coastal

1967 T.D.W. McCulloch Richardson Western Arctic Hydrographic, Control Coastal

1967

B.M. Lusk

CHL Beluga, with Richardson

Kittigazuit Bay, Western Arctic

Hydrographic

Inshore

1967

B.M. Lusk

Camsell

Western Arctic

Reconnaissance

Control

1967

M.G. Swim

John A. MacDonald

Resolute Bay

Hydrographic

Channel

1967

M.G. Swim

d’Iberville

Baffin Island, East Coast

Reconnaissance

Coastal

1968 J.W. Chivas Camsell Holman Isl. and Bathurst Inlet western Arctic Hydrographic Shoals
1968 J.W. Chivas Camsell M'Clintock Bay, western Arctic Hydrographic Sounding lines run
1968 J.W. Chivas Camsell Various western Arctic locations Assisted Coast Guard Positioning navigation buoys
1968 J.W. Chivas Camsell Western Arctic Hydrographic Track soundings
1968 C.G. McIntosh Richardson Sachs Harb. western Arctic Hydrographic Harbour and Approaches
1968 C.G. McIntosh Richardson MacKenzie Bay, west Arctic Hydrographic Reconnaissance to King Pt. approaches
1968  C.G. McIntosh Richardson Kugmallit Bay, west Arctic Hydrographic Approaches to bay
1968 M.A. Hemphill d'Iberville The Basin, Wakeham Bay, P.Q. Hydrographic Survey for Harbour construction
1968 M.A. Hemphill d'Iberville Eastern Arctic, track sounding Reconnaissance Various
1969 R.K. Williams, 30 June to 17 July C.D. Howe Eastern Arctic, Northern Labrador Reconnaissance Positioning of eastern-most Ilands and islets for fishing limits
1969 R.K. Williams,     1 Aug to 6 Sept Shore Party style Allan Bay (Cornwallis Isl) and Rea Point (Melville Isl) Reconnaissance Harbour
1969 R.K. Williams,     6 Sept to 8 Nov John A. MacDonald Eastern and western Arctic Track sounding M/V Manhattan Project
1969  C.G. McIntosh Richardson Kugmallit Bay, west Arctic Hydrographic Decca sounding
1969 C.G. McIntosh Richardson Paulatuk, Darnley Bay. western Arctic Hydrographic Harbour Approaches
1969 C.G. McIntosh Richardson Cape Parry to Booth Islands Hydrographic Additional sounding
1969 J.W. Chivas Camsell Western Arctic Track sounding Positioning bouys and beacons
1969 J.W. Chivas Camsell western arctic - Spence Bay. Bathurst Inlet, Hydrographic Additional soundongs
1969 J.W. Chivas Camsell False Strait Bay (north of Bellet Strait) Somerset Island Hydrographic Bay sounding

1970

T.B. Smith

Baffin

Beaufort Sea,north of Tuktoyaktuk and Prince of Wales Strait

Deep Draft Vessel route

Offshore

1970 T.B. Smith Baffin Prince of Wales Strait, Princess Royal Island area, 30 Aug to 19 Sept. Hydrographic and Geophysical Standard including shoal exams
1970 T.B. Smith Baffin Prince of Wales Strait to Halifax via Resolute & Thule In conjunction with HUDSON bathymetric, gravity magnetics and seismic refraction program

1970

 

Parizeau

Beaufort Sea, north of Tuktoyaktuk

Deep Draft Vessel route

Offshore

1970 M.G. Swim Labrador Douglas Harbour, Quebec Reconnaissance Wharf Feasibility study
1970 M.G. Swim Labrador Coats Island, Hudson Bay Hydrographic,  Reconnaissance for Geological Survey
1970 M.G. Swim Labrador Eqe Bay and Approaches, Foxe Basin Reconnaissance for Patino Mining Corp. (iron ore)
1970 M.G. Swim Labrador Parry Bay and Roche Bay, Foxe Basin Reconnaissance  for Norman Unsel Associates (iron ore)
1970 R.K. Williams John A MacDonald and Louis St. Laurent Northwest Passage, Viscount Melville Sound. 
(8 Sept to 13 Oct)
Control survey for two range Decca positions for next year survey
1971   Parizeau Beaufort Sea Deep Draft Vessel route  Offshore
1971 JMR Pilote John A Macdonald Charles Island to Deception Bay, Hudson Str Hydrographic for mining development Shoal exam and sounding survey
1971 JMR Pilote John A Macdonald d'Iberville Fiord, Ellesmere Isl Reconnaissance for  Frozen Sea Research Group
1971 JMR Pilot John A Macdonald Tanquary Fiord, Ellesmere Isl Hydrographic Shoal exam and additional sounding
1971 JMR Pilote John A Macdonald Norwegian Bay and Massey Sound Reannaissance  
1971 JMR Pilote John A Macdonald Hassel Sound, between Ellef Ringes and Amund Ringes Isl Reconnaissance, Hydrographic  
1971 JMR Pilote John A Macdonald Wellington Channel and Maury Channel, off Cornwallis Isl Reconnaissance  
1971 JMR Pilote John A Macdonald Allen Bay, Cornwallis Island Hydrographic for use as alternative to Resolute Bay
1972   Parizeau Beaufort Sea Deep Draft Vessel Route Offshore
1973   Narwhal James Bay Hydrographic  

1973

 

Labrador

McDougall Sound

Hydrographic

for development of lead-zinc mine

1973   Labrador Deception Bay (Hudson Strait) Hydrographic new wharf facility
1973   McLean Chesterfield Inlet Hydrographic  
1973   John A. MacDonald Eastern Arctic Reconnaissance  
1973   Louis St. Laurent Eastern Arctic Reconnaissance  
1973   Camsell Eastern Arctic Reconnaissance  
1973   d'Iberville Eastern Arctic Reconnaissance  
1973 E.B. Clarke Pariseau Amundsen Gulf between Banks Island and Cape Parry Hydrographic and Natural Resources Various
1973 E.B. Clarke Pariseau Western Arctic, Summers Harbour, Booth Islands Hydrographic Reconnaissance
1973 G.E. Richardson Radium Express Mackenzie River Hydrographic Standard
1973 G.E. Richardson Radium Express Tuktoyaktuk, Kugmallit, East Channel (Mackenzie River) Hydrographic Revisory
1973 G.E. Richardson Radium Express Husky, Phillips & Enoch Channels (Near Mackenzie River Delta ?) Hydrographic,  Reconnaissance
1973   Polar Cont. Shelf Norwegian Bay Bathymetric for oil companies and safety of icebreakers
1973     James Bay, Cape Jones to Fort George Hydrographic / Oceanographic Shipping Route
1973     Chesterfield Inlet (Hudson Bay) Hydrographic Reconnaissance
1973   Louis St. Laurent Ellef Ringnes Island, Belcher Channel, Penny Strait Hydrographic Reconnaissance
1973   John A. MacDonald M'Clintock Channel, Peel Sound, Victoria Strait Hydrographic Reconnaissance
1973   Baffin Cape White Handkerchief, Labrador Hydrographic Reconnaissance and Control
1973   Baffin Lancaster Sound, eastern portion of Northwest Passage Hydrographic Standard
1973   Baffin Maxwell Bay (Lancaster Sound) Exploratory for possible use for a pipeline terminus