WHO WAS DAVID THOMPSON?

• He was born on April 30, 1770
• He died in 1857 when he was 87 years old
• He had 13 children
• Went to Gray Coat School and learned to be a sailor there
• He grew up poor
• He was married for 57 years to a lady named Charlotte

WHAT DID DAVID THOMPSON DO?

• He was a good fur trader
• He studied the environment
• He trained to be a fur trader
• His job was mapping Canada
• He had a good relationship with Native people
• He was an excellent surveyor
• Found the Rocky Mountain Pass to the Pacific Ocean

WHERE DID THOMPSON EXPLORE?

• He mapped throughout Canada
• He mapped 3.9 million km from Hudson Bay to the Pacific Ocean

WHEN DID THOMPSON EXPLORE?

• He did his explorations between 1797 - 1812
• In 1807 he found the pass between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean
• In 1797 - 1798 he joined the Northwest Company to work and mapped the U.S. Border
• In 1812 he finished mapping Northwestern Canada the United States
• Pin 1811 he followed the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean

WHY DID THOMPSON EXPLORE?

• He got a job with the Northwest Company to map the west of Canada
• The Northwest Company became The Hudson Bay Compa
• He mapped many of the fur trading posts

WHAT TOOLS DID THOMPSON USE TO EXPLORE WITH?

• He used a canoe for rivers
• He needed a horse to ride over the land with
• Hue needed good walking boots and snowshoes when it was snowy in the forest
• He needed books and pencils to record information and to draw pictures with
• He learned to speak the Native language so he could talk with the Native indians

HOW DID THOMPASON IMPACT THE WORLD?

• He mapped great distances in Northwestern Canada
• He mapped a total of 3.9 million km
• We have a rout e now between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

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