Explorers and surveyors

An explorer, surveyor or mapmaker such as Champlain, Mackenzie or Thompson.

Historic places
52Historic places
Built
1541–1939Built
Provinces and territories
11Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 30
  • Provincial 13
  • Territorial 5
  • Municipal 4
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Nunavut11
  • Quebec8
  • Alberta7
  • Ontario6
  • British Columbia5
  • Northwest Territories5
  • Manitoba3
  • Saskatchewan3
  • Prince Edward Island2
  • New Brunswick1
  • Nova Scotia1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1780s: 5 of the 30 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1541Fort Charlesbourg Royal National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1576Kodlunarn Island National Historic Site of CanadaKodlunarn Island, Nunavut
  3. 1608Site historique et archéologique de l'Habitation-Samuel-De ChamplainQuébec, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 22 of these places.

All 52 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

Every collection