Peel 2498 : Davin, Nicholas Flood, Strathcona Horse: Speech by Nicholas Flood Davin at Lansdowne Park, March 7th, A.D. 1900 on the occasion of the first parade of the Strathcona Horse, when a flag from the town of Sudbury was presented by Her Excellency the Countess of Minto (1900)

Author Bio

4612: Autobiography of John Macoun, M.A. Canadian explorer and naturalist, assistant director and naturalist to the Geological Survey of Canada, 1831-1920: A memorial volume . 1922.: Macoun, John (1832-1920.); 1832-1920. Botanist; member of Fleming's exploration party to the Pacific, 1872; carried on botanical survey work for the Dominion government, 1870s and 1880s; appointed assistant director and naturalist of Geological Survey of Canada, 1885; his views on agricultural productivity of area within "Palliser's Triangle" said to have influenced government policy (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography).