Web site promotes history of Canadian civil engineering

The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering won the 2002 Pierre Berton Award from the Canadian National History Society in October. Industry Canada commemorated the occasion by launching a web site, “Canadian Civil Engineering History and Heritage,” http://collections.ic.gc.ca.
The award honoured CSCE’s efforts in maintaining historical evidence of projects and raising awareness of the importance of civil engineering to the social and economic development of Canada. Alistair MacKenzie, chair of the national history committee of the CSCE, accepted the award, noted: “A few achievements, such as building the Canadian Pacific Railway, are well known. Others, such as the supply of clean water that drove cholera from the cities, are not. This web site provides the opportunity for a wider audience to explore some of these great civil engineering projects.”