Water development committee St. Mary River Spring Coulee storage project topographic map

Scope and Content: Boundaries: TP. 4 & 5 and R. 22 to 25 Shows areas entitled: Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 Shows location of: Traverse of the Waterton, Belly, St. Mary River diversion to Milk River & Raymond reservoirs; Raley, St. Mary River, Canadian Pacific Railway line, W.L. 3611, Pine Pound Creek, Spring Coulee,…

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Scope and Content: Boundaries: TP. 4 & 5 and R. 22 to 25 Shows areas entitled: Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 Shows location of: Traverse of the Waterton, Belly, St. Mary River diversion to Milk River & Raymond reservoirs; Raley, St. Mary River, Canadian Pacific Railway line, W.L. 3611, Pine Pound Creek, Spring Coulee, Spring Coulee headgate, A.R. & I. Main Canal, Magrath lateral and headgate, Bradshaw, Magrath, Pot Hole Creek. Also shows proposed Reservoir Site, Storage Dam 225 feet high, Earth Fill, Tunnel or Cut Alternative No.1, Tunnel or Cut Alternative No.2, Canal and Canal to be Deepened shown in red ink. Shows elevation lines and specific places are marked with the Precise Bench Mark numbers, elevation, etc. Legend: Dwg. No. 1, File 4471 Benchmarks. Geodetic, or as stated for: #571, #577, #578, #859, #860, #861, #863, #864 and #865.

Notes: Scale: 11/2 inches = 1 Mile November 10, 1936 Note in red ink (middle of the map): To store as much as possible of the St. Mary River available to Canada under the International Waterways Treaty. Note in red ink (below legend): 800 c.f.s. canal to the Milk River Reservoir 80,000 Ac. ft capacity to store sufficient water to provide adequately for just those lands now irrigated from the St. Mary River.