David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

196428 minFilm: Fiction

G

Direction: Bernard Devlin

Production: Guy Glover

Script: Charles Cohen

David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

During his lifetime he mapped a million and a half square miles of uncharted country; the greatest achievement in land geography of all time. This film re-creates Thompson's story, culminating in his journey to the Pacific.

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David Thompson, cartographe

Subject categories

  • History - Canada - Pre-1867 > ExplorationPortraitsWestern Canada
  • Geography and Geology > Exploration and ExpeditionsMaps and ChartsPortraits
  • History > Canada under British Rule (1764-1867)Early Canadian Exploration (1600s-1800s)
  • Geography > Physical Geography/Geology

Credits

director
Bernard Devlin
executive producer
Guy Glover
script
Charles Cohen
camera
Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
sound
Claude Pelletier
George Croll
editing
Tony Lower
sound editing
Marguerite Payette
cast
Ivor Barry
James Douglas
Sean Mulcahy
Charles Palmer
Tony Van Bridge
Gerard Parkes
Roland Chenail
Kahn Tineta Horn
Lawrence Dane