Jack Webb

Jack Webb received his early schooling in Grandview Manitoba. He was with the RCAF during WWII.

After the War, he took a refresher course at Regina College and engineering classes at the University of Saskatchewan.

Jack articled to T.G. Tyrer, chief surveyor of the Saskatchewan Land Titles Office before going into private practice in 1949.

In addition to his SLS commission, Mr. Webb was an Alberta Land Surveyor, Manitoba Land Surveyor and Canada Lands Surveyor.

In 1953, Mr. Webb was vice-president of the Alberta Land Surveyors' Association. In 1959-1960, he was president of the Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association and, in 1979-1980, was president of the Canadian Institute of Surveying. In 1985, Jack Webb was made an honorary life member of the Alberta Land Surveyors’ Association.

Jack Webb has been a member of the local Lions Club, Board of Trade, Canadian Legion and the Masonic Lodge.

He and his wife, Dorothy, had three children. The youngest, Tom, became a Saskatchewan Land Surveyor and Canada Lands Surveyor and formed his own survey practice in 1983. After Jack Webb's retirement in 1984, he helped Tom out.

Jack Webb is the author of several books including Muskeg, Outcrops and 40 Below.