Albert Peter Low

Albert Peter Low ( born May 24, 1861 in Montreal, † October 9, 1942 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian geologist and explorer.

Low graduated from McGill University with a degree in geology in 1882 and then went to Ottawa to work for the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC ). Alone 1893/94 he traveled over 8000 km through the Canadian wilderness, of which 5000 km by canoe and on foot in 1500. 1894/95 he explored Labrador and discovered large deposits of iron ore. The results of the expedition were used in the determination of the border of Quebec and Labrador. In 1897 he explored the Hudson Strait. In 1901 he left temporarily the GSC to explore iron ore on Hudson Bay. He is known for expeditions in the Canadian Arctic, in particular with the steamship Neptune 1903/4. They were an essential role in obtaining Canadian sovereignty over these Arctic regions. 1906/ 07 he was head of the GSC and in 1907 Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Mines ( Department of Mines ). In 1913 he went for health reasons to retire.

He is also known as a hockey player. With the Hockey Club of McGill University, he won the championship in 1883 as a goalkeeper in the Montreal Winter Carnival and a year later, now as a member of the Ottawa Hockey Club, which he in which he was a member and co-founded until 1889, again.

He was known for his determined character. As there in 1884 at Lake Mistassini was a dispute over the leadership of the expedition to the north of the province of Quebec, he went 500 km on snowshoes through the wilderness back to Quebec and returned with the written confirmation of his position as leader of the expedition on the same route five weeks later.

The mineral Aplowit ( cobalt ( II ) sulphate ) is named after him in 1965 by John L. Jambor and Robert W. Boyle.