sentences:  The history of the Dawson Road began in 1857 when Henry Hind and Simon Dawson were commissioned to survey the territorial claims of the Hudson's Bay Company, as well as to survey a route between Lake Superior and the Red River.A second set of surveys were carried out by Captain John Palliser that same year.The latter recommended avoiding the Kaministiquia River, but ultimately Hind and Dawson's route was chosen.