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Title

Plan shewing the proposed route from Lake Superior to Red River settlement [cartographic material] / compiled from Messers. Dawson & Napier's maps, T. Devine, surveyor Brach West, Crown Lands Department, Toronto, 29th May 1858 ; Andrew Russell, Assitant Commissioner.

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Item (linked) part of

Western Provinces [cartographic material] (R11981-13-4-E)

Date(s)

1858

Place

Toronto

Place of creation

Canada

Publisher

Crown Lands Department

Extent

1 map : b.& w. ; 88 x 148 on sheet 96 x 155 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.

Cartographic material
Microfiche NMC133098

90: Open

Item no. (creator)

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection # 588A

Cartographic material

90: Open

Volume
741 Item no. assigned by LAC 588A

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R11981-341-X-E

Other accession no.

80101/245 CA

Local class no.

H11/701/1858

Terms of use

Credit Library and Archives Canada. Copyright expired.

Creator / Provenance

Canada. Crown Lands Dept.

Additional name(s)

Surveyor: Russell, Andrew, 1804-1888.
Lithographer: Maclear & Co.

Additional information

Includes: "Profile of canoe route as handed in by Professor Hind". Hor. Scale: 10 miles - 1 inch ; Ver Do 600 feet - 1 inch.

Inset map: Plan of the country between Red River settlement and the Lake of the Woods / signed by S.J. Dawson, 15 March 1858. Scale 1: 506 880. 41 x 56 cm.

Maclear & Co. Lith, Toronto appears on map.

Physical condition note

Map appears to have originally been issued in 2 sheets. This copy has been joined and encapsulated in Mylar.

Custodial history

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

Related materials

For other version of this map see CARTO: H3/701/1858 (NMC 6074)

Citation / reference note

Winearls, Entry 884 (6)

Copy / version note

The microfiche version is NMC 133098.

Subject heading

1. Ontario - Maps.
2. Manitoba - Maps.
3. Exploration - Routes.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

SISN 30120

MIKAN no.

3851695