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Map of the Provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island, with a large section of the United States and exhibiting the boundary of the British dominions in North America according to the treaties of 1842 & 6 [cartographic material] / compiled from the latest and most approved astronomical observations and recent surveys by Joseph Bouchette, Dept. Survr. Genl. L.C. ; entered according to Act of the Provincial Legislature in the year 1846 by Joseph Bouchette in the Office of the Registrar of the Province of Ontario ; entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1846 by Joseph Bouchette in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

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Canada East [cartographic material] (R11981-8-0-E)

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Date(s)

1846

Place

[Canada] New York

Place of creation

Canada

Publisher

Office of the Registrar of the Province of Canada ; Clerks Office of the District of the Southern District of New York

Extent

1 map : hand col. ; 112 x 235 cm on sheet 120 x 243cm, folded to 21 x 37 cm.

Language of material

English

Conditions of access

Cartographic material

90: Open
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist.

Item no. (creator)

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection # 408

Cartographic material

90: Open

Item no. assigned by LAC
408

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R11981-98-5-E

Other accession no.

80101/245 CA

Terms of use

Credit Library and Archives Canada. Copyright expired.

Additional name(s)

Surveyor: Bouchette, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1800-1881.
Surveyor: Bouchette, Joseph, 1774-1841.
Engraver: Sherman & Smith.

Additional information

Engraved by Sherman & Smith, New York.

Includes list of authorities consulted in the construction of the map, table of statistics of the British North American provicne, legend and a decorative border.

Relief shown by hachures.

Includes 5 inset maps: The British Dominions in North America -- Map of the Niagara District / by Joseph Bouchette -- Map of Lake Superior / rendered from hydrographic surveys by Capt Bayfield, R.N. -- Map of Newfoundland / by Joseph Bouchette -- Environs of Montreal / by Joseph Bouchette.

Also shows McAdamised and post roads, canals, railroads and proposed railroads.

This map is by Joseph Bouchette junior (1800-1881), probably based on the work of his father, Joseph Bouchette senior (1774-1841).

Physical condition note

Map cut along panel fold lines and backed on linen.

Custodial history

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Related materials

For other copies of this map in the LAC collection see G3400 1846 .B68 (AMICUS 28938698) and G3400 1842 .B68 (Amicus 28938745).

Preferred citation note

Penfold, P.A. "Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office, vol. 2 America and West Indies." 1974, p.36, entry 164. Winerals, Joan " Mapping Upper Canada, 1780-1867 : An Annotated Bibliography of Manuscript and Printed Maps" 1991, p.51, entry 152. "Bouchette, Joseph, junior". Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, A-D, revised edition, Herts, Map Collector Publications, 1999, p. 170. Boudreau, Claude. L'analyse de la carte ancienne : essai méthodologique. La carte du Bas-Canada de 1831 de Joseph Bouchette, Québec, Rapports et Mémoires de recherche du CÉLAT, 1986, p. 15.

Subject heading

1. Canada
2. United States - New England - Maps.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3721270