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World's highest grade oil in Calgary-Alberta oil fields : Map showing southern portion

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Material Type
Map
Date Range
1914
Accession No.
19891049024
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 79 x 79 cm
Scope and Content
Boundaries: Airdrie (North), Stavely (South), Blackfoot Indian reserve (East), Alberta-British Columbia Border (West). Township 12-27 and Range 9 West of the Fifth Meridian to Range 23 West of the Fourth Meridian. Shows location of: Cities, towns, reserves, railways and landforms. Section numbers …
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Material Type
Map
Date Range
1914
Creator
A. Theodore Seyler
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 79 x 79 cm
Physical Condition
Excellent
Acquisition Source
Ferguson Joan
Scope and Content
Boundaries: Airdrie (North), Stavely (South), Blackfoot Indian reserve (East), Alberta-British Columbia Border (West). Township 12-27 and Range 9 West of the Fifth Meridian to Range 23 West of the Fourth Meridian. Shows location of: Cities, towns, reserves, railways and landforms. Section numbers also appear on the map. The map is drawn in the round, so boundaries are not precise. Location of discovery, operating wells and located well sites are located on the map. The legal land description and name of the company working at each well or site is listed in the round with red arrows pointing to well or site.
Notes
Scale: 1.31 inches to 6 miles (approximately)? Union Oil Co. of Alberta Limited. Non-Personal Liability Non-Assessable. For full information address: Clinton P. McCormick, Sec.-Treas. Head Office: 408-409 P. Burns Building, Calgary, Alberta. This company's well sites are pointed to with a large red arrow in the middle of the map and highlighted in red. NOTE: Most suitable site for first wells not yet determined by geologists at date of first issue of this map June 22, 1914 Copyright Canada; 1914 by A. Theodore Seyler Drawn and published by Theodore Seyler, 23-27 Oil Exchange Bld. Old Herald Bld. Calgary One detailed "Calgary" crest is drawn on the upper left corner of the map with "Oil Within" written underneath and one detailed "Alberta" crest is drawn on the upper right corner of the map with "The Empire" written underneath. Oilwells on the landscape are drawn on both corners of the bottom of the map.
Access Restrictions
Public Access
Accession No.
19891049024
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