Skip to main navigation menu Skip to main content Skip to site footer

Articles

1983: Vol. LX, No. 2

Hydrographic Surveying in the Great Lakes During the Nineteenth Century

Submitted
August 6, 2015
Published
2015-07-30

Abstract

This paper reviews the development of hydrographic surveys in the Great Lakes during the 19th century. It traces the work of the early Admiralty surveyors and of the U.S. Corps of Engineers through to the formation of the Canadian Hydrographic Service and describes some of the methods used and the hardships faced by the early surveyors.