Record

CodePX10563
Datesfl. 1914-1960
Person NameRobinson; George (fl. 1914-1960); Surveyor and Paleontologist
SurnameRobinson
ForenamesGeorge
EpithetSurveyor and Paleontologist
ActivityGeorge Robinson went to the Peace County, Alberta, Canada as a surveyor for the construction of the Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway in 1915, but enlisted in World War I shortly after he arrived. After the war, he returned to the area to homestead in the Tranquility District near Sexsmith and later work as a supervisor for the Prairie Farm Assistance Act. Traveling from farm to farm throughout the Peace Country suited Mr. Robinson’s interest as an amateur palaeontologist, allowing him to explore likely looking sites after he finished work for the day. Eventually his hobby evolved into a widely-known private museum of prehistoric specimens numbering in the thousands. An area of particular interest to Mr. Robinson was the Bad Heart Sandstone formation, where many of his finds were made
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DF/PAL/100/186/5Robinson, George 
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