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Preliminary map of a portion of the district of Alberta showing canadian irrigation surveys during 1894 : Sheet No. 2

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Material Type
Map
Date Range
1894-1896
Accession No.
19736212011
Physical Description
1 map : ms., photolithograph ; 78 x 61 cm
Scope and Content
Boundaries: International Border to High River and Pekisko to Chincoulee Lake (Range 2 West of the 5th Meridian to Range 18 West of the 4th Meridian and Township 1 to Township 18) Shows areas entitled: Peigan Indian Reserve, Peigan Timber Reserve, Blood Indian Reserve and Blood Timber Reserve Sho…
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Material Type
Map
Date Range
1894-1896
Creator
Department of the Interior Topographical Surveys Branch
Physical Description
1 map : ms., photolithograph ; 78 x 61 cm
Physical Condition
Good
History Biographical
Albertan?
Acquisition Source
L N I D
Scope and Content
Boundaries: International Border to High River and Pekisko to Chincoulee Lake (Range 2 West of the 5th Meridian to Range 18 West of the 4th Meridian and Township 1 to Township 18) Shows areas entitled: Peigan Indian Reserve, Peigan Timber Reserve, Blood Indian Reserve and Blood Timber Reserve Shows location of: Pekisko, High River, Cayley, Nanton, Lyndon, New Oxley, Pincer Creek (Pincher Creek), Fishburn, Yarrow, Stavely, Claresholm, Leavings, Macleod, Mountain View, Ft. Kipp, Slide-out, Stand-off, Cardston, Colles, Lethbridge, Whoop-up, Sterling, NWMP Res., Agency, railways, coulees, reservoirs, lakes, creeks, brooks and rivers (branches and forks included) References includes: Lines levelled over, profiles of which are on record; permanent bench marks; points were guage 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" and "Porcupine Hills to be mapped from future photographical 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 19736211006
Access Restrictions
Public Access
Accession No.
19736212011
Collection
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