Captain James Cook

 

HSMBC Plaque Location:

 Corner Brook, Newfoundland

 

Owner/Administrator:

Corner Brook Stream Develpment Corporation

P.O. Box 233

Corner Brook, NL

A2H 6C9

Tel. (709) 639-9266

Fax (709) 639-9263

bhumphries@cbstream.com

www.cbstream.com

 

Date Designated:  1954

 

Plaque Status: 

 

Reason for Designation:

 Surveyed coast of Newfoundland (1763-67), Gulf of St. Lawrence and Nova Scotia (1758-62)

Commemorated at Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
... also commemorated at Plaque removed -- Halifax, Nova Scotia

Other Info:

 

 

 

Plaque Text

 

CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R.N.

CAPITAINE JAMES COOK

James Cock distinguished himself for his "indefatigable industry" and his scientific skill during naval operations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and around Nova Scotia between 1758 and l762. He spent those sane winters in Halifax compiling charts of the St. Lawrence and descriptions of the coast of Nova Scotia from previous charts and from the results of his summer surveys. Meanwhile, by adapting the techniques of military engineers to the marine situation, he evolved those new methods of surveying which he later put to such good use in Newfoundland and the South Pacific.

James Cook se signala par son ardeur infatigable et sa compétence scientifique durant des opérations navales dans le golfe Saint-Laurent et les parages de la Nouvelle-Écosse entre 1758 et 1762. Il passa ces hivers à Halifax à dresser des cartes du Saint-Laurent et à décrire le littoral de la Nouvelle-Écosse en se fondant sur les cartes antérieures et les résultats des levés qu'il avait effectués durant l'été. En même temps, il adaptait les techniques des ingénieurs militaires à la situation maritime, mettant ainsi au point les nouvelles méthodes d'arpentage qu'il allait si efficacement employer à Terre-Neuve et dans le Sud du Pacifique.

 

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