Dr. Archibald McSween Stalker

Dr. Archie MacS. Stalker

Dr. Archibald (Archie) Stalker (1924-2010) was a research scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada from 1945 until his retirement in 1987. During his career, he mapped the glacial and post-glacial sediments of vast areas of southern Alberta. He investigated the stratigraphy, chronology and sedimentology of them along with the fossil remains of ice age megafauna interstratified with the glacial sediments. He mentored the next generation of Quaternary scientists.

His mapping of the Foothills erratics train was key to reconstructing the events of the last ice age in southern Alberta. Dr. Stalker maintained an active interest in the ice age history of the Interior Plains until the end of his life.

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