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Canadian explorer

This article is about the Canadian mariner.

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For the Canadian politician, see Joseph Bernier. For the Canadian musician, see Joseph-Arthur Bernier.

Joseph-Elzéar Bernier (January 1, 1852 – December 26, 1934) was a Canadian mariner from Quebec who led expeditions into the Canadian Arctic in the early 20th century.

He was born in L'Islet, Canada East, the son of Captain Thomas Bernier and Célinas Paradis.^[1] At the age of 14, he became a cabin boy on his father's ship. Three years later, he became captain of his own ship and commanded sailing ships for the next 25 years.

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Bernier was named governor for the jail at Quebec City in 1895. From 1904 to 1911, he explored the Arctic archipelago on annual voyages in his ship the CGS Arctic and officially claimed the islands for Canada. Bernier retrieved documents that had been stored in caches by earlier Arctic explorers.

He also established Royal Canadian Mounted Police posts