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Title: Map of the Province of Canada from Lake Superior to the Gulf of St. Lawrence corrected from information obtained by the Geological Survey under the Direction of Sir W.B. Logan and prepared for the Canadian Directory. Thos. C. Keefer
Description: Map of the Province of Canada as of 1855. Towns, cities, and bodies of water are labelled throughout. Railroads can be seen and counties are filled in with different colours. An inset map in the lower right shows the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Type: Maps
Date: 1855
Identifier: HMC0001
Identifier (PID): yul:1153554

Title: A New Map of the Province of Quebec according to the Royal Proclamation of the 7th of October 1763 from the French Surveys connected with those made after the War by Captain Carver, and Other Officers in His Majesty's Service
Description: Map of the Province of Quebec in 1776, after the French and Indian War. Cities, towns, bodies of water and other geographic features labelled throughout. Indigenous communities are noted, including the Nipissing First Nation and members of the Ottawa, Algonquin, and Abenaki peoples (sometimes noted by the names of regional subgroups). Relief shown pictorially. There are four inset maps in the upper left, including two of the Montreal area, Québec City, and the course of the St. Lawrence River.
Type: Maps
Date: 1776
Identifier: WMC0055
Identifier (PID): yul:1153553

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: Petermann: Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika in 6 Blattern, Bl. 2 Stieler's Hand-Atlas No. 82. 1873.
Description: A map of the Midwestern United States from the German atlas Hand Atlas Uber Alle Theile Der Erde Und Uber Das Weltgebaude, published in 1873. The title and attribution is in German but most of the map itself is in English. Cities, towns and bodies of water are labelled throughout. Elevations are marked with hachures. The maps notes where Indigenous people reside and many reserves are outlined. Indigenous peoples represented on the map include the Omaha, Pawnee, Dakota, Otoe, Missouri, Yankton, and Winnebago/Ho Chunk peoples.
Type: Maps
Date: 1873
Identifier: WMC0054
Identifier (PID): yul:1153296

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: Chart of Isothermal Lines, Shewing the mean annual Temperature of the Different parte of the Earth's Surface [1846]
Description: World map with isothermal lines showing the annual mean temperature on the Earth's surface. Countries, some major cities, islands, seas and oceans are labelled. The equator, the artic and antartic circles are outlined. Northern expeditions are marked towards the top of the map, including the names of explorers Parry, Hudson, Phipps, Tschitsagoff, Buchan and Franklin.
Type: Maps
Date: 1846
Identifier: WMC0052
Identifier (PID): yul:1153294

Title: Amerique Historique, Physique et Politique Actuelle [1825]
Description: Map of North and South America, originally printed as part of the atlas titled Atlas historique, genealogique, chronologique et geographique de A. LeSage (Comte de Las Cases) in 1825. Text surrounding the map provides description of geographic characteristics, communications by sea and river, and history. There is particular focus on the history of explorers, including Lewis & Clark, Columbus, Cortez, and Pizarro (with their travel routes outlined on the map itself). Major cities, bodies of water are labelled. There are notes throughout the map pointing out various features. National boundaries are denoted by the countries being filled in with different colours. The short-lived country of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata can be seen in South America. Table in the lower left corner provides descriptions of the government, physical terrain, history of colonization, agriculture and natural resources, and characteristics of the natural landscape of the countries on the map.
Type: Maps
Date: 1825
Identifier: WMC0050
Identifier (PID): yul:1153293

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Fort Coulonge, Quebec-Ontario [sheet 31F/NE]
Description: A topographic map of Fort-Coulonge, Quebec-Ontario, sheet 31F/NE, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and pictorially. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1963
Identifier: G/3400/125/31F/NE
Identifier (PID): yul:1151313

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Golden Lake, Quebec-Ontario [sheet 31F/NW]
Description: A topographic map of Golden Lake, Ontario-Quebec, sheet 31F/NW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and by shading. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1970
Identifier: G/3400/125/31F/NW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151314

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Deep River, Quebec-Ontario [sheet 31K/SW]
Description: A topographic map of Deep River, Ontario-Quebec, sheet 31K/SW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and pictorially. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1965
Identifier: G/3400/125/31K/SW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151317

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : New Liskeard, Quebec-Ontario [sheet 31M/NW]
Description: A topographic map of New Liskeard, Quebec-Ontario, sheet 31M/NW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and spot heights. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1968
Identifier: G/3400/125/31M/NW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151322

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Tomiko, Ontario-Quebec [sheet 31L/NW]
Description: A topographic map of Tomiko, Ontario-Quebec, sheet 31L/NW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and pictorially. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1965
Identifier: G/3400/125/31L/NW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151320

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Haileybury, Ontario-Quebec [sheet 31M/SW]
Description: A topographic map of Haileybury, Ontario-Quebec, sheet 31M/SW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and spot heights. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1965
Identifier: G/3400/125/31M/SW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151323

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Mattawa, Ontario-Quebec [sheet 31L/SE]
Description: A topographic map of Mattawa, Ontario-Quebec, sheet 31L/SE, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and pictorially. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1967
Identifier: G/3400/125/31L/SE
Identifier (PID): yul:1151321

Title: United States of America, Southern Part [1809]
Description: A map of the southeastern United States published in 1809, including areas that are today known as the states of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia,Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri. Some parts of Maryland, Delaware and Illinois are also visible. Indigenous communities are noted, including the Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, and Apalachee peoples. State boundaries are outlined where they existed at the time. Cities, towns, and bodies of water are labelled. Mountains shown with hachures.
Type: Maps
Date: 1809
Identifier: WMC0049
Identifier (PID): yul:1153288

Title: United States. Published by D. Lizars, Edinburgh. [c1831]
Description: Map of the United States created by Daniel Lizars around 1831, showing the states and territories that existed at that time. Cities, towns and bodies of water are labelled. States and territories are filled in with different colours. Relief shown by hachures.
Type: Maps
Date: c1831
Identifier: WMC0046
Identifier (PID): yul:1153247

Title: Territory of Minnesota by Prof. H.D. Rogers & A. Keith Johnston. 1857.
Description: Map of the territory of Minnesota in 1857. Proposed railway lines are drawn in purple. Cities, towns and bodies of water are labelled. Notes can be read throughout on water quality in various bodies of water. Smaller regions outlined in red. Elevations marked with hachures. Part of the atlas Atlas Of The United States Of North America, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Mexico, Central America, Cuba, And Jamaica. On A Uniform Scale. From The Most Recent State Documents, Marine Surveys, And Unpublished Materials. With Plans Of The Principal Cities And Sea-Ports, And An Introductory Essay On The Physical Geography, Products, And Resources Of North America. By Professor Henry Darwin Rogers, Of Boston, U.S., And A. Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., Geographer To The Queen. London: Edward Stanford, 6, Charing Cross, S.W.
Type: Maps
Date: 1857
Identifier: WMC0045
Identifier (PID): yul:1153246

Title: A New Map of the United States of America from the Latest Authorities, by John Cary, Engraver. 1806.
Description: A map of the United States and some parts of Canada in 1806. Cities towns, states, provinces, and territories are marked with boundaries outlined. Bodies of water are named throughout. A few areas contain notes suggesting how to traverse certain terrain. Some of the islands of the Bahamas are visible off the coast of Florida.
Type: Maps
Date: 1806
Identifier: WMC0036
Identifier (PID): yul:1153171

Title: Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of South Carolina No. 24 (Appendix).
Description: An appendix to "Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of South Carolina No. 24," which can also be seen in this collection. Continues a short history of South Carolina that begins on the front of the map. Includes a list of governors of the state and sites of sieges and battles that are marked on the map.
Type: Maps
Date: c1823
Identifier: WMC0042
Identifier (PID): yul:1153168

Title: Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of South Carolina No. 24.
Description: A map of South Carolina from the Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas, published around 1823. See the appendix to this map, also in this collection. Cities and towns, major thoroughfares, bodies of water, islands and other geographical characteristics are labelled. Districts are labelled, outlined, and distinguished by different colours. Lists at the bottom show the populations of cities and districts throughout the state, with populations divides into the categories of "Whites," "Slaves," "Free Blacks," and the grand total. Notes around the perimeter of the map describe details such as terrain and soil, climate, and government structure. Sites of battles and sieges are indicted with red flags on the map and listed on the accompanying appendix.
Type: Maps
Date: c1823
Identifier: WMC0043
Identifier (PID): yul:1153167

Title: Partie orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada
Description: This is a map of eastern part of Quebec in 1755. It shows waterways, villages, islands and soundings.
Type: Maps
Date: 1755
Identifier: WMC0060
Identifier (PID): yul:1152229

Title: Carte du cours du fleuve de Saint Laurent depuis la mer jusqu'a Quebec, en deux feuilles. 2e. feuille, 1761
Description: This is a 1761 hydrographic map of part of St. Lawrence River estuary in Quebec. It shows villages, islands and soundings.
Type: Maps
Date: 1761
Identifier: WMC0061
Identifier (PID): yul:1152188

Title: Carte du cours du fleuve de Saint Laurent depuis Quebec jusqu'a la mer en deux feuilles. 1re. feuille depuis Quebec jusqu'a Matane et Rivere des Outardes, 1761
Description: This is a 1761 hydrographic map of St. Lawrence River estuary in Quebec. It shows villages, islands and soundings.
Type: Maps
Date: 1761
Identifier: WMC0062
Identifier (PID): yul:1152179

Title: Carte régionale de la province de Québec : comprenant les comptés de Temiscouata, Kamouraska, L'Islet, Montmagny, Bellechasse...
Description: This is a regional map of the province of Quebec in 1885 showing surveyed lands, land subdivision, counties, townships, roads, railways, rivers and lakes.
Type: Maps
Date: 1885
Identifier: 3480/-/253/1885- [4]
Identifier (PID): yul:1151433

Title: Central part of the province of Québec [NE]
Description: This is a map of the province of Quebec in 1898 showing surveyed lands, land tenure and subdivision, townships, roads, rivers and lakes. It consists of four sheets: SW-NW, NE, NW and SW (see separate records for the SW-NW, NW and SW sheets).
Type: Maps
Date: [1898]
Identifier: 3480/-/253/[1898?] NE
Identifier (PID): yul:1151432

Title: Central part of the province of Québec [NW]
Description: This is a map of the province of Quebec in 1898 showing surveyed lands, land tenure and subdivision, townships, roads, rivers and lakes. It consists of four sheets: SW-NW, NE, NW and SW (see separate records for the SW-NW, NE and SW sheets).
Type: Maps
Date: [1898]
Identifier: 3480/-/253/[1898?] NW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151431

Title: Central part of the province of Québec [SW]
Description: This is a map of the province of Quebec in 1898 showing surveyed lands, land tenure and subdivision, townships, roads, rivers and lakes. It consists of four sheets: SW-NW, NE, NW and SW (see separate records for the SW-NW, NE and NW sheets).
Type: Maps
Date: [1898]
Identifier: 3480/-/253/[1898?] SW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151428

Title: Central part of the province of Québec : Montreal sheet [SW-NW]
Description: This is a map of the province of Quebec in 1898 showing surveyed lands, land tenure and subdivision, townships, roads, rivers and lakes. It consists of four sheets: SW-NW, NE, NW and SW (see separate records for the NE, NW and SW sheets).
Type: Maps
Date: 1898
Identifier: 3480/-/253/[1898?] SW-NW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151423

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Petawaga, Quebec [sheet 31O/SW]
Description: A topographic map of Petawaga, Quebec, sheet 31O/SW, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and spot heights. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1965
Identifier: G/3400/125/31O/SW
Identifier (PID): yul:1151421

Title: National Topographic Series (scale 1:125,000) : Lac Beauchene, Quebec [sheet 31L/NE]
Description: A topographic map of Lac Beauchene, Quebec, sheet 31L/NE, at a scale of 1:125,000. Relief is shown by contours and spot heights. It also shows roads, highways, railways, boundaries, main buildings, and waterways.
Type: Maps
Date: 1965
Identifier: G/3400/125/31L/NE
Identifier (PID): yul:1151420