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Title: Map of the township of Etobicoke, in the county of York
Description: This is a cadastral map of the township of Etobicoke, in the county of York (present-day Toronto), in 1856. It shows land owners, property boundaries, and railways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1856
Identifier: 3524/T66 G422/31/1856
Identifier (PID): yul:1150327

Title: The Arctic Regions, showing the North-West Passage as determined by Cap. R. McClure and other Arctic Voyagers. 1856.
Description: Two maps of arctic regions published in 1856 on a single sheet as part of The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography. The arctic circle is shown in the lower of two maps, while the upper map shows the Parry Islands in what is now the Northwest Territories of Canada. Surrounding these two maps there are illustrations of arctic scenes and people, including Inuit, walruses, polar bears, and the HMS Terror. Bodies of water, islands, and harbours are labelled throughout. The former resting place of the HMS Resolute can be seen in the upper map.
Type: Maps
Date: 1856
Identifier: HMC0004
Identifier (PID): yul:1153559

Title: Plan of Lindsay, in the County of Bruce
Description: This is a cadastral map of Lindsay in the County of Bruce from 1856, showing lot boundaries.
Type: Maps
Date: 31 August 1938
Identifier: G/3523/B88 A1/31/1856
Identifier (PID): yul:1150663

Title: Mappe-Monde Planispherique Physique et Hydrographique
Description: A world map highlighting ocean currents. European possessions are marked according to colour and a small legend explaining the colour-coding is at the bottom of the map. Continents, countries, major cities, islands, bodies of water, and ocean currents are labelled throughout. Relief shown by hachures. This map is plate 10 of Atlas universel. Notes on the bottom of the map describe average and extreme temperatures, snowfall limits, and average altitudes.
Type: Maps
Date: 1856
Identifier: WMC0051
Identifier (PID): yul:1153552

Title: The World Illustrating the Principal Features of Meteorology; The World Showing the Distribution and Limits of Cultivation of the Principal Plants Useful to Mankind
Description: Files consists of two world maps, originally published as part Colton's Illustrated Cabinet Atlas And Descriptive Geography. The upper map is titled "The World Illustrating the Principal Features of Meteorology" and shows global wind and storm currents. An inset map on the bottom shows global rainfall patterns, with darker shading showing higher rainfall. The second map in the bottom half of the image is titled "The World Showing the Distribution and Limits of Cultivation of the Principal Plants Useful to Mankind" and shows the global distribution of plants used in agriculture and industry. Continents, some countries and islands are labelled. The limits of plant growth and cultivation are shown with labelled hashed lines.
Type: Maps
Date: 1856
Identifier: WMC0053
Identifier (PID): yul:1153295

Title: Plan of part of the Ordnance Reserve Toronto
Description: Shows plots of land between Queen Street and Wellington Avenue in downtown Toronto. Includes an image of Trinity College towards the top of the map and Garrison Creek on the east side of the plots.
Type: Maps
Date: 1856
Identifier: G/3524/T62 G46/1/1856 HNES
Identifier (PID): yul:1152627