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Cover sheet and thirteen sheets of maps of Canadian railways, canals and surveys....
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1045
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This record is about the Cover sheet and thirteen sheets of maps of Canadian railways, canals and surveys.... dating from 1901 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPG 1/1045
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1901
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cover sheet and thirteen sheets of maps of Canadian railways, canals and surveys. (1A) Cover sheet. 'Annual Report of the Department of Railways and Canals for 1901 (Sessional Paper no. 20 of 1902), listing the maps to accompany the Deputy Minister's report.' (1B) General map of the Dominion of Canada. No scale shown. Drawn by A U Almon. (2) Map showing Railways in parts of British Columbia and Alberta. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 45 miles. Drawn by A U Almon. (3) Map showing Railways in Manitoba, Assininboia and part of Saskatchewan. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 45 miles. Drawn by A U Almon. (4) Map showing Railways in parts of Ontario and Manitoba. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 45 miles. Drawn by A U Almon. (5) Map showing Railways in parts of Ontario and Quebec. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 45 miles. Drawn by A U Almon. (6) Map showing Railways in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and part of Quebec. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 45 miles. Drawn by A U Almon. (7) Map showing the line of the Welland Canal between Lake Erie and Ontario. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles. Compass indicator. (8) Map showing the St Lawrence, Ottawa, Rideau and Richelieu Canals. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 10 miles. Compass indicator. (9) Map showing Trent Navigation and Murray Canal. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 10 miles. Compass indicator. (10) Map showing Canadian Ship Canal and also St Mary's Falls Canal, Michigan, United States of America. Scale: 1 inch to 1500 feet. (11) and (12) Two maps showing progress of surveys of the Montreal, Ottawa and Georgian Bay Canal. Line surveyed marked. No scale shown on (11); (12) Scale: 1 inch to 6 miles. (13) Map showing the exploration made on the proposed railway to Yukon District. Line explored marked. Scale: 1 inch to 50 miles. (1B), (7) and (8) lithographed by Mortimer and Co, Ottawa, Ontario. (2)-(6) and (9) lithographed by The Mortimer Co. Limited, Ottawa. The remainder bear no publication details. Dimensions: (1B) 17.8 cm x 25.4 cm; (2)-(6) each 25.4 cm x 54.1 cm; (7) and (8) each 25.4 cm x 58.4 cm; (9) 25.4 cm x 41.4 cm; (10) 25.4 cm x 49.5 cm; (11) and (12) each 25.4 cm x 41.9 cm; (13) 25.4 cm x 61.5 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- CO 45/887
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entries 303, 1616, 1429, 1430, 1587, 1431, 449
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981734/
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