Western Canada 1934 road map
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- Date Range
- 1934
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- Map
- Accession No.
- 20171009
- Physical Description
- 2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, col. ; 80 x 63 cm, folded to 20 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Map No.4 Saskatchewan and Manitoba Map No.5 British Columbia and Alberta The maps show rivers, lakes, parks, towns, provincial highways, through routes, paved roads, gravel surfaced roads, graded earth roads, unimproved roads, roads that are not likely to be passable in 1934 and airports or seaplan…
- Material Type
- Map
- Date Range
- 1934
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Imperial Oil Limited
- Physical Description
- 2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, col. ; 80 x 63 cm, folded to 20 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Map No.4 Saskatchewan and Manitoba Map No.5 British Columbia and Alberta The maps show rivers, lakes, parks, towns, provincial highways, through routes, paved roads, gravel surfaced roads, graded earth roads, unimproved roads, roads that are not likely to be passable in 1934 and airports or seaplane ports. The approximate populatons of cities, towns and village according to the 1931 census are also shown along with mileages between stars.
- Notes
- The scale of these two maps is about 38 miles to the inch. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. 3 inset maps entitled: "Main connections in the Lake Superior Region" (Scale 1 inch = 100 miles) "Vancouver and vincinity" [sic.] (Scale 1 inch = 4 miles) "Principal highway routes of Canada and the Northern United States" (Scale 1 inch = 200 miles) Text on this map indicates: "Main highway routes between Eastern and Western Canada are indicated in red. When the road from Kenora to Port Arthur and Fort William is completed, an all Canadian route from West to East will be open, utilizing the steamer service between the head of the lakes and Sault Ste. Marie. This map shows main trunk lines only; many other roads have been omitted. Roads under construction are shown." Includes text describing Imperial Oil and related products & services, city indexes to each map and a chart of "Approximate Mileages for Western Canada". Copyright Imperial Products Everywhere in Canada series
- Accession No.
- 20171009
- Collection
- Archive
Wladystaw (Walter) Zahorejko fonds
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- Date Range
- 1906-1942
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession No.
- 20101102
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records, over 100 photographic prints
- Scope and Content
- The papers include authorization papers, travel and immigration documents, baptismal records, work notebook with CPR work and payments, religious calendar, birth control brocher (in Polish, English subtitle) The photographs are predominantly of individuals, presumably family members, some from Pol…
- Date Range
- 1906-1942
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- Wladystaw (Walter) Zahorejko
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records, over 100 photographic prints
- History / Biographical
- Wladystaw (Walter) Zahorejko was born in Zborow area, Poland (now Ukraine) in 1904. He immigrated to Canada with his wife Weronica (Veronica, nee Cyma) in 1927. In a few years they arranged for their son Kazimiers Zahorejko to join them in Canada. In Lethbridge the family lived on 20th Street North with his wife and four children. Wladystaw Zahorejko worked for the CP Rail Company as a CPR section-man from 1934 to 1939. He died as a result of a heart attack while repairing the railway track between Champion & Carmangay, AB on April 28 1939. Aftern his death, his family moved to Coleman.
- Custodial History
- The papers are found among records of Lethbridge lawyer Arthur Beaumont marked as belonging to Wladyslaw Zahorejko
- Scope and Content
- The papers include authorization papers, travel and immigration documents, baptismal records, work notebook with CPR work and payments, religious calendar, birth control brocher (in Polish, English subtitle) The photographs are predominantly of individuals, presumably family members, some from Poland. Several photos depict an unidentified work crew in field camp setting, likely CPR workers.
- Accession No.
- 20101102
- Collection
- Archive