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Canada East (now Quebec Province). ' Fortification Surveys Plan of Point Levis Canada...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/17
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This record is about the Canada East (now Quebec Province). ' Fortification Surveys Plan of Point Levis Canada... dating from 1864-1865 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... 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)
- MPHH 1/17
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1864-1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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Canada East (now Quebec Province). 'Fortification Surveys Plan of Point Levis Canada East Surveyed in 1864-5 by Lieut. H. S. Sitwell, Royal Engineers'. 2 duplicate sets each of 10 sheets, each set numbered (31)-(40), showing parts of the parishes of St Joseph and Notre Dame de la Victoire in Levis County, on the east bank of the St Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. The title is given on Sheet IV.3 only. (31) Sheet IV.3; showing Glenburnie Cove to Indian Cove. (32) Sheet IV.4; showing Indian Cove East and West. (33) Sheet IV.7; showing Levis, Bienville. (34) Sheet IV.8; showing area inland from the River. (35) Sheet IV.10; showing area from Tibbit's Cove to Russel Cove and Diamond Bastion. (36) Sheet IV.12; showing the areas of Troupe Souris and Sarasteau. (37) Sheet IV.11; showing Rhode's Cove. (38) Sheet IV.14; showing the area from Hadlow Cove to Windsor Cove. (39) and (40) Sheets IV.15 and 16; showing areas inland from the River. Zincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. Only seventeen 1:2500 maps were produced for the Fortification Survey mapping of Quebec.
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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)
- WO 78/1137
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS Fortification Surveys
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 portfolio(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 71.6 cm x 106.2 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2500
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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), entry 1826
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561121/
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