Golden Jubilee
Luncheon with Her Majesty The Queen
Monday, October 14, 2002
Rideau Hall Ballroom, Ottawa, Canada
“Over the past 50 years Her Majesty The Queen has witnessed Canada’s coming of age as a dynamic, creative and inclusive society. From celebrated artists and scientists, to renowned athletes and dedicated nation-builders, the Canadians invited to celebrate Thanksgiving with The Queen represent achievements that make us proud to be Canadian. ”
Governor General Adrienne Clarkson
Extraordinary Canadians
1963
Mr. Graham Westbrook Rowley, C.M.
Geographer and archaeologist Graham Rowley is one of the
last of the great Arctic explorers. In the 1930s, he travelled and lived
among the Inuit, discovering new islands and mapping areas of Hudson
Bay, Foxe Basin and Baffin Island uncharted since Frobisher's time 500
years earlier. He was part of a team that excavated the first major site
of the Dorset culture on Baffin Island. In recognition of his remarkable
contribution to Canada's knowledge of Arctic geography and culture, Mr.
Rowley was awarded in 1963 the Massey Medal from the Royal Canadian
Geographical Society. He has recounted his time spent exploring the
Canadian North in two books, The Circumpolar North and Cold
Comfort: My Love Affair with the Arctic. |
