Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Geologist David M. Baird is the Founding Director of the National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa and creator of the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta. He has written a series of guides to the National Parks of Canada and is the author of the children's book Adventures in Sand (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2009)

Books:

Kootenay National Park: Wild mountains and great valleys. Geological Survey of Canada. Miscellaneous Report 9. Ottawa, 1968.

Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National Parks: Where rivers are born. Geological Survey of Canada. Miscellanneous Report 11. Ottawa, 1971.

Adventures in Sand (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2009)

[BCBW 2009] "Geology"