Canadian irrigation surveys : Sketch of method of diverting water from Elbow River to north branch of Fish Creek

Scope and Content: Boundaries: Range 4 and Township 22-23 W 5th M Shows location of: Suitable Point for Dam, "Fish Creek Hill" Signal, "Big Meadow" Camera Station, Deserted Shack, Elbow River, North Branch of Fish Creek, Springs, High Water Canal of North Branch of Fish Creek, Hay Corral, Hay Trail and Morley Pack T…

Scope and Content: Boundaries: Range 4 and Township 22-23 W 5th M Shows location of: Suitable Point for Dam, "Fish Creek Hill" Signal, "Big Meadow" Camera Station, Deserted Shack, Elbow River, North Branch of Fish Creek, Springs, High Water Canal of North Branch of Fish Creek, Hay Corral, Hay Trail and Morley Pack Trail. Section numbers are also shown on map. Shows areas entitled: Sarcee Indian Reserve, Timbered Bench, Low Timbered Bench and Big Meadow Reference: Proposed route for diversion; Points where streams were gauged shown by the number 17 in two red circles. Note: Approximate elevations are in feet above sea level - shown in red.

Notes: Scale of Chains From surveys by A. O. Wheeler in 1895 Photo-lithographed at the Lithographic Office of the Department of the Interior 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.