Preliminary map of a portion of the district of Alberta showing canadian irrigation surveys during 1894 : Sheet No. 1
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- Material Type
- Map
- Date Range
- 1894-1896
- Accession No.
- 19736212009
- Physical Description
- 1 map : ms., photolithograph ; 76 x 61 cm
- Scope and Content
- Boundaries: High River to Penhold and Rocky Mountain Park to Blackfoot Indian Reserve (Range 8 West of the 5th Meridian to Range 24 West of the 4th Meridian and Township 19 to Township 36) Shows areas entitled: Foot-hill Country (in red ink); Rocky Mt. Park; Stony Indian Reserve; Morleyville Settl…
- Material Type
- Map
- Date Range
- 1894-1896
- Physical Description
- 1 map : ms., photolithograph ; 76 x 61 cm
- Physical Condition
- Good
- History Biographical
- Albertan?
- Acquisition Source
- L N I D
- Scope and Content
- Boundaries: High River to Penhold and Rocky Mountain Park to Blackfoot Indian Reserve (Range 8 West of the 5th Meridian to Range 24 West of the 4th Meridian and Township 19 to Township 36) Shows areas entitled: Foot-hill Country (in red ink); Rocky Mt. Park; Stony Indian Reserve; Morleyville Settlement; Sarcee Indian Reserve; Blackfoot Indian Reserve Shows location of: Radnor, Millward, Kananaskis, Morley, Mitford, Cochrane, Jumping Pond, Springbank, Priddis, Millarville, Lineham, Tindastoll, Penhold, Innisfail, Bowden, Olds, Didsbury, Carstairs, Crossfield, Airdrie, Beddington, Calgary, Midnapore, Shepard, Pine Creek, Harrisboro, Davisburg, DeWinton, Grierson, Panima, Brice, Dewdney, High River, Edwell, Kneehill Valley, Langdon, Cheadle, Strathmore, Dunbow, Gladys, Namaka, Strangmuir, Agency, railways, coulees, reservoirs, canals, lakes, creeks, brooks and rivers (branches included), township and range numbers, fifth meridian line References includes: Lines levelled over, profiles of which are on record; permanent bench marks; points where gauge rods have been placed; points where streams were gauged; canals and ditches constructed; canals and ditches located; canals and ditches projected; surveyed puplic (public) highways; trails. Includes a Schedule of Bench Mark Elevations, which are marked in red on map. Contains an indication in red that: Eastern Slope of the Rocky Mountains and foot-hill country to be mapped from future phototopographical Surveys
- Notes
- Scale 4 miles to an inch Compiled and drawn from Irrigation and Dominion Lands Surveys by Arthur. O. Wheeler. D.L.S Photo-lithographed at the Lithographic Office of the Department of the Interior Revised to 1st May 1896 This map along with 17 other maps is contained within an envelope entitled: "Rapport Annuel du Departement de L'Interieur pour 1896. Cartes qui accompagnent le Rapport sur les explorations d'irrigation canadiennes, 1895" = "Annual Report of the Department of the Interior for 1896. Maps to accompany Report on Canadian Irrigation Surveys, 1985" (Maps are in English) Files 19736212001-19736212018 are located in the same file folder in the manuscript section. Similar map at 19736211005
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19736212009
- Collection
- Archive
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