John Palliser Script/Outline
Josh Secrieru|January 5, 2017
Slide 1: Introduction to John Palliser –
John Palliser was Irish aristocrat who led the British North America Exploring Expedition which investigated the climate, geography ecology, and potential of western Canada. He was a landed gentleman, big game hunter, and explorer. Palliser’s Triangle was the centre of identification of which land is insufficient for farming.
Slide 2: Background Details
He belonged to a prominent Anglo-Irish ancestry. His family was founded by William Palliser, an archbishop of Cashel. The Palliser’s were Protestants who settled in Ireland and made up the nobility, and they lived an intellectual life with customs such as public services and studied conservative politics.
Slide 3: Childhood
Palliser was born on January 29, 1817, in Dublin Ireland. His family’s aristocracy placed him with obligations on what he was allowed to do. He was forced to earn high marks and to get into the best universities when he graduates. When Palliser was 17, he had interests of becoming a hunter although his parents would never allow it.
Slide 4: Education
Since Palliser was a child he had been in Protestant private school for hopes of becoming a lawyer. Palliser studied at Trinity College in Dublin for four years, although he never completed his degree. He was very educated and he was fluent in French, German, and Italian. Also, Palliser knew English, but his knowledge was very low when it came English.
Slide 5: Community
Palliser’s family aristocracy placed obligations and he served as a high ranked sheriff in 1844, and was later appointed deputy lieutenant due to his laziness of law. Also he held a few honorary offices in his family’s estate. Palliser’s had also served in the militia for a few years.
Slide 6: Interests
Palliser’s main focus was on hunting and traveling. Palliser made his first trip to North America in 1847 when he started his hunting occupation in the prairies. He returned to England in 1853 and wrote his adventure in the book called Solitary Rambles and Adventures of a Hunter in the Prairies.
Slide 7: Impact on past Canadian Society
Palliser was desperate to go back to the plains; he then gave a member of the Royal Geographical Society an exploration plan to the southern prairies of British North America and the adjoining ways through the Rocky Mountains. Society wanted to take action, since 1853 there wasn’t many railway routes to the Pacific. Society was very ambitious, Palliser asked for a grant of 5,000 Euros and scientific assistants to support the expedition.
Slide 8: Continued
John Ball, under-secretary of state for the colonies strongly supported the project. Ball and Palliser worked on plans closely, and they consulted the Royal Society, well known scientists, travellers, and Sir George Simpson. The HBC provided the communication and the supplies in and out of Rupert’s Land: governor Simpson’s help would be a huge success to the expedition.
Slide 9: How it benefited past Canadian Society
Palliser’s impact on society in the prairies was vital. The precise records of the expedition were largely beneficial to Palliser’s colleagues. The idea that there was an expedition, which indicated to American expansionists that the expedition was very attributable to people in the west. The expedition affect to the Prairies was very beneficial; it provided people of the west a possible railway link.
Slide 10: Contribution to Canadian Society Today
Palliser’s Contribution to society was positive. Palliser’s actions were awarded with a gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1877. Palliser’s expedition was nominated with many prestigious awards through 1914 until today. Palliser’s expedition covered over 200,000 square kilometers in land, which is now used for discoveries of new plants.
Slide 11: Continued
Palliser’s astronomical, meteorological, geological, and magnetic data described the country, its animals and plants, its inhabitants, and its capabilities for transportation and settlement. Palliser’s expedition justified which land could be used for settlement and farming, and has made a major impact today.
Slide 12: Palliser Regional Schools
The Palliser Regional Schools were founded in 1995. The Palliser Regional Schools got their name from John Palliser because of his hard work in the past and his achievements. This indicates that Palliser’s contribution was positive. The schoolboard respect Palliser by using his books throughout the schools. The more people who hear of the schools enter in because of diverse backgrounds. `
Works Cited
Bonikowsky, L. N. (2013, August 14). Drought in Palliser’s Triangle. Retrieved from The Canadian Encyclopedia: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/drought-in-pallisers-triangle-feature/
Clever, B. (1995, August 14). Palliser History. Retrieved from Palliser Regional Schools: http://www.pallisersd.ab.ca/about-us/palliser-history
Spry, I. M. (1982, March 5). Palliser, John. Retrieved January 3, 2017, from Candian Biography: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/palliser_john_11E.html
Spry, I. M. (2006, July 2). Palliser Expedition. Retrieved from The Canadian Encyclopedia: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/palliser-expedition/
Warkenton, J. (1993, May 24). Explorers & Discoverers of the World. Retrieved from Canada in Context: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/cic/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=false&displayGroupName=Biographies&currPage=&scanId=&query=&source=&prodId=CIC&search_within_results=&p=CIC&mode=view&catId=&u=43riss&limiter=&displayquery=&displayGroups=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&documentId=GALE%7CK1614000229&windowstate=normal&activityType=&failOverType=&commentary=
