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'Map of the Dominion of Canada Geologically Colored from surveys made by the Geological...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1676

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FO 925/1676
Date
1882-1886
Description

'Map of the Dominion of Canada Geologically Colored from surveys made by the Geological Corps 1842 to 1882. Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada. Alfred R. C. Selwyn Ll.D. F.R.S., Director. The Burland Lithographic Co. Montreal'. The geological structure of some parts of the western United States is also shown. Reference table to geological periods. Scale: 1 inch to 45 miles. In two sheets. Used to illustrate the boundary between Canada and Alaska and signed by the Canadian Minister of the Interior, 28 May 1886. Noted as accompanying the Order in Council of 5 June 1886; enclosed in the Earl of Iddesleigh's letter to Mr Phelps of 27 August 27, 1886.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
Printed, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 284
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818240/

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