The HBC History Foundation is enlisting Man in Motion hero Rick Hansen to celebrate the explorer and surveyor David Thompson in its second Country of Adventurers history segment.

The HBC History Foundation created The Country of Adventurers series of historical narratives to share the stories of Canada’s adventurous past.

Thompson became one of the most pioneering geographers in Canada. No matter where he traveled, he would mark down the latitude and longitude, temperature and geographical characteristics. Ultimately, he mapped almost half of North America between the 46th and 60th parallels, from the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes all the way to the Pacific. His work was so accurate that it remained the basis of all maps of the west for almost a century.

Check out David Thompson in Canada's Greatest Explorers online or buy the December 2013/ January 2014 issue of Canada's History Magazine. Also take a look at Painting David Thompson by Neil Babaluk.

Country of Adventurers - John Rae