George M Dawson Secondary School

George M Dawson Secondary
Address
PO Box 208, 1647 Collison Ave.
Masset, British Columbia, V0T 1M0
Canada
Information
School type Public, high school
School board School District 50 Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte
School number 5050001
Principal Bernadette Marie
Staff 17
Grades 8-12
Enrollment 109 (September 30, 2014)
Language English / Haida
Area Masset
Team name GMD Thunder
Website gmd.sd50.bc.ca

George Mercer Dawson Secondary is a public high school in Masset, British Columbia. It is one of three secondary schools and one of six schools in School District 50 Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte. George Mercer Dawson Secondary officially opened on October 19, 1970, and was named after George Mercer Dawson CMG FRS FRSC, (August 1, 1849 – March 2, 1901) a Canadian scientist, surveyor and eminent authority on ethnology and archeology who undertook the Canadian Governments Geological Survey of Haida Gwaii, formerly named Queen Charlotte Islands.

Having grown up in Old Massett (aka Haida) some internationally renowned Haida Artists such as Robert Davidson, Reginald Davidson and Jim Hart attended Masset High School prior to its renaming in 1970.


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