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This article is from a series highlighting Canadian authors from across the alphabet.
Lawrence Burpee (1885-1946) was a Canadian author and civil servant. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he joined the civil service in Ottawa at age 17 and remained with the government for his entire career. He served as private secretary to three successive Ministers of Justice. He also wrote books on Canadian history and geography.
He contributed to three volumes of the Canadian encyclopedia Canada and Its Provinces. In volume I, IV, and V, he chronicles exploration of Western Canada from the early days of New France up to 1867. He also contributed to the Chronicles of Canada series. Volume 19 is about French explorer Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye who visited the western plains in the early part of the 18th century.
Geography was also a passion of his. Among the Canadian Alps portrays the beauty of the Rocky Mountains, while By Canadian Streams chronicles history and stories about some of Canada’s great rivers.
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