John Palliser (January 29, 1817 - August 18, 1887) was an Irish-born Canadian geographer and explorer, and brother of Sir William Palliser .

Palliser was leader of the British North American Exploring Expedition, which travelled over the uncharted regions of the far west of North America between 1857 and 1861. He made a topographical delimitation of the boundary between Canada and the United States, from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast.

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online