David Thompson was born in Westminster, England, in 1770 and made his way to Canada at the young age of fourteen years. He had just started to work for the Canadian fur trading company, the Hudson Bay Company. During the course of his life he was to travel through Canada on foot, on the back of a horse and by canoe and thus surveyed a huge region in the west of the country. While doing this he filled 77 books with detailed descriptions and information on the regions he travelled through.

As an enthusiastic friend of nature he described the scenery but also the flora and fauna he encountered during his journeys. The Natives called him "Koo, Koo, Sint", meaning "stargazer". At the end of each day he noted the exact position of the stars and thus produced an extensive collection of astronomical observations.

In 1799 he married Charlotte Small, a Métis woman. Métis are the descendants of mixed marriages between Cree, Inuit, Ojibway, Algonquin, Saulteaux, Menomine and other First Nation peoples of Canada with Europeans and other immigrants from all over the world. Charlotte supported her husband in 57 years of common travels as diplomat in exchanges with different native peoples and in research. She also bore him 13 children, all during their travels.

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