Map showing wooded and prairie tracts &c. in the region in the vicinity of the Bow and Belly rivers : Embracing the southern portion of the District of Alberta and part of Assiniboia North West Territory

Scope and Content: Boundaries: From the Rocky Mountains to Medicine Hat (111 - 115 degrees Longitude West from Greenwich) and from the 49th Parallel to the 51st Parallell. Shows location of: Fifth Principal Meridian Boundary Between District of Alberta and Assiniboia, Boundary Between the Dominion of Canada and the …

Scope and Content: Boundaries: From the Rocky Mountains to Medicine Hat (111 - 115 degrees Longitude West from Greenwich) and from the 49th Parallel to the 51st Parallell. Shows location of: Fifth Principal Meridian Boundary Between District of Alberta and Assiniboia, Boundary Between the Dominion of Canada and the United States, Approximate Eastern Edge of "Bunch Grass" Country, Riplinger Trail, Trail to Edmonton 195 miles, Boundary Commission Trail, MacLeod Benton Trail, Lord Lorne Trail, Cypress Trail, towns, forts, missions, railways and landforms. Shows areas entitled: Sitook-Sparkoy Legend includes: Region generally wooded; Region partly wooded and with scattered trees and coppice; Wooded river valleys; River valleys with small isolated groves; Waggon trails; Routes travelled not being regular trails, and Pack-trails in Mountains Further description of the areas outlined in the Legend are under the "Notes" along the right-hand side of the map.

Notes: Scales Geographical Miles and Statute Miles Natural Scale 1:506 880 Heights in Feet Above Sea-Level Sources of Information. Main Geographical outlines from the Dominion Land Surveys. Region in the vicinity of the 49th Parallel from Joint Maps of the North American Boundary Commission, Surveys by G.M. Dawson, 1884. R.G.McConnell, 1884-82 and (on northern edge) by J.R.Tyrrell, 1884. NOTE. - Information as to character of surface in part derived from Dominion Land Survey Plans. On the Bow and Belly Rivers, the isolated green spots show the actual position of small groves; on the Red Deer and South Saskatchewan, they merely indicate the existence of such groves which have not been so precisely located. Printed on verso: Map showing wooded and prairie tracts, &c., in the region in the vicinity of the Bow and Belly rivers. Signed by John Simpson. The number "2" is written in pencil next to this. Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada. Alfred R.C. Selwyn, L.L.D., F.R.S., Director The Burland Lithographing Co., Montreal.