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Plan of part of the province of Lower Canada

Description

This is a plan of parts of Lower Canada and Quebec in 1795 showing districts, counties, townships and boundaries. It includes notes on surveys, division lines, grants on townships, surveyed and not surveyed lands, as well as text and explanations of His Majesty's Roal Order from 1791 dealing with land subdivision and boundaries.

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Details
Title:

Plan of part of the province of Lower Canada

Creator:

Gale, Samuel

Creator(s):

Duberger, John B.

Type:

cartographic

Genre:

Maps

Subject(s):

Surveying
Land subdivision
Land tenure
Crown lands
Indigenous lands
First Nation communities
Lac Saint-Pierre
Ontario
Quebec
1795

Date:

1795

Date of publication:

1795

Date (added):

2019:01:18 13:02:24
2019-01-18T08:02:24

Physical form:

1 map : colour ; 66 x 147 cm, on sheet 76 x 156 cm

Resolution:

600

Width (px):

37443

Height (px):

18617

Image orientation:

normal*

Colour space:

RGB

Scanning software:

Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer 6.1.7600.16385

Note:

Scale 1:253,440, or 4 miles to 1 inch.
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows districts, counties and townships in the province of Lower Canada.
Includes notes on several surveys, and explanations about division lines, grants on townships, counties, surveyed and not surveyed lands, as well as text and explanations of His Majesty's Roal Order from 1791 dealing with land subdivision and boundaries.

Note:

"By order of his excellency Guy Lord Dorchester, Captain General & Governor in chief of the provinces of Upper & Lower Canada"

Identifier (local):

3480/-/253/1795

Identifier (MD5):

8b5638512a7066509ce8075213b06adc

Funding:

Material digitized as part of an Academic Innovation Fund (AIF), awarded in 2018. For more information see: http://avptl.info.yorku.ca/academic-innovation-fund/ .

Province:

Ontario

Country:

Canada

Continent:

North America

Coordinates:

45.647227, -74.219003

Rights/Usage:

PUBLIC DOMAIN

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