Category Archives: Map

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway maps – J. A. Lower, 1939

Leave a reply
Lower, Joseph Arthur. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway as projected

Lower, Joseph Arthur. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway as projected


Lower, Joseph Arthur. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway as projected, detail

Lower, Joseph Arthur. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway as projected, detail


Lower, Joseph Arthur. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, projected and operational routes, 1920

Lower, Joseph Arthur. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, projected and operational routes, 1920

References:

Pre-emptor’s map Fort George 3A 1923

Leave a reply
Colour-coded map depicting lands surveyed as alienated, reserved, Statutory Timber Lands, B.C. Land Settlement Board Area, or open for pre-emption. Depicts land districts, land recording divisions, communities, game reserves, bodies of water, transport routes, and communication lines.

Colour-coded map depicting lands surveyed as alienated, reserved, Statutory Timber Lands, B.C. Land Settlement Board Area, or open for pre-emption. Depicts land districts, land recording divisions, communities, game reserves, bodies of water, transport routes, and communication lines.

Northern British Columbia Archives

British Columbia Department of Lands
Honourable T. D. Pattullo, Minister
J. E. Umbach, Surveyor-General
Pre-Emptor’s Map — Fort George Sheet 1923

Colour-coded map depicting surveyed lands respectively open and closed to preemption. Depicts land recording divisions, game reserves, communities, bodies of water, and transport routes.

This map includes:
Dome Creek (community)

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park Sheet 5

Leave a reply
Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta Department of the Interior Canada Sheet Five, Southwest

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
Sheet Five, Southwest


Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta Department of the Interior Canada Sheet Five, Southwest (detail)

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
Sheet Five, Southwest (detail)

Map of the Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
From Photographic Surveys by M. P. Bridgland, D.L S. 1915
Sheet Five, Southwest

References:

  • MacLaren, Ian S. Mapper of Mountains. M. P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902-1930. University of Alberta Press, 2005. Google Books
Also see:

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park Sheet 4

Leave a reply
Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta Department of the Interior Canada Sheet Four, East Central

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
Sheet Four, East Central

Map of the Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
From Photographic Surveys by M. P. Bridgland, D.L S. 1915
Sheet Four, East Central

References:

  • MacLaren, Ian S. Mapper of Mountains. M. P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902-1930. University of Alberta Press, 2005. Google Books
Also see:

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park Sheet 3

Leave a reply
Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta Department of the Interior Canada Sheet Three, West Central

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
Sheet Three, West Central

Map of the Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
From Photographic Surveys by M. P. Bridgland, D.L S. 1915
Sheet Three, West Central

References:

  • MacLaren, Ian S. Mapper of Mountains. M. P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902-1930. University of Alberta Press, 2005. Google Books
Also see:

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park Sheet 2

Leave a reply
Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta Department of the Interior Canada Sheet Two, Northeast

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
Sheet Two, Northeast

Map of the Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
From Photographic Surveys by M. P. Bridgland, D.L S. 1915
Sheet Two, Northeast

References:

  • MacLaren, Ian S. Mapper of Mountains. M. P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902-1930. University of Alberta Press, 2005. Google Books
Also see:

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park Sheet 1

Leave a reply
Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta Department of the Interior Canada Sheet One, Northwest

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
Sheet One, Northwest

Map of the Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
From Photographic Surveys by M. P. Bridgland, D.L S. 1915
Sheet One, Northwest

References:

  • MacLaren, Ian S. Mapper of Mountains. M. P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902-1930. University of Alberta Press, 2005. Google Books
Also see:

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta

Leave a reply
Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta Department of the Interior Canada Based on photographic surveys by M. P. Bridgland, D.L S., in 1915

Map of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
Based on photographic surveys by M. P. Bridgland, D.L S., in 1915
Whyte Museum

Map of the Central Part of Jasper Park Alberta
Department of the Interior Canada
From Photographic Surveys by M. P. Bridgland, D.L S. 1915

There is also a set of more detailed maps based on the 1915 survey led by Morrison Parsons Bridgland [1878–1948]:

Maps of Central Part of Jasper Park, Alberta.
Department of the Interior Canada, 1916
Sheet One, Northwest
Sheet Two, Northeast
Sheet Three, West Central
Sheet Four, East Central
Sheet Five, Southwest
Sheet Six, Southeast

References:

  • MacLaren, Ian S. Mapper of Mountains. M. P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902-1930. University of Alberta Press, 2005. Google Books

David Thompson’s map of the North-West Territory of the Province of Canada 1814

Leave a reply
Map of the North-West Territory of the Province of Canada.David Thompson, 1814

Map of the North-West Territory of the Province of Canada.David Thompson, 1814
Archives of Ontario

Map of the North-West Territory of the Province of Canada (1814)
Archives of Ontario, I0030317, David Thompson fonds
Reference Code: F 443, R-C(U), AO 1541

Surveying for the North West Company, David Thompson [1770–1857] located the headwaters of the Mississippi River, crossed the Rocky Mountains and mapped the entire length of the Columbia River.

Thompson retired from the fur trade in 1812 and moved his family to Terrebonne near Montreal. He was given a special assignment to plot all the Company’s posts on a comprehensive map of the Canadian West using the astronomical observations he had carefully recorded.

Thompson’s map is approximately 213 centimetres (84″) high by 328 centimetres (129″) long. It gave an accurate depiction of the vast territory traversed by the fur trade and location of Company posts.

This map includes:
Athabasca River
Canoe River
Columbia River
Fraser River
Peace River
Smoky River
References:

  • Nesbit, Jack [1949–]. Mapmaker’s Eye: The Mapmaker’s Eye: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 2006