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Province of Nova Scotia and part of New Brunswick

Description

Map shows geological characteristics of Nova Scotia and part of New Brunswick, including rock and mineral types and geologic period. Boundaries represented by different hashed lines include geological, parish, county, and provincial. Symbols explained at the bottom of the map note deposits. Names of roads, towns, bodies of water, railway lines, coal mines, and lighthouses are present throughout.

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Title:

Province of Nova Scotia and part of New Brunswick

Creator(s):

Scott Barlow, Cartographer, Surveyor, Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
N. J. Giroux, Cartographer, Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
W. McOuat, Surveyor, Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
R. W. Ells, Surveyor, Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada

Language

eng

Type:

cartographic

Genre:

Geological maps

Date:

1886

Date (added):

2019:01:10 13:17:47
2019-01-10T08:17:47

Subject(s):

Coal mining
Geology
Geology, Stratigraphic
Rocks
Minerals
Mineral deposits
Coal
Mining
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
1886

Extent:

1 map : colour ; 32 x 46 cm, on sheet 42 x 59 cm

Physical form:

Maps

Resolution:

600

Width (px):

14504

Height (px):

10359

Image orientation:

normal*

Colour space:

RGB

Scanning software:

Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer 6.1.7600.16385

Note:

Scale is 1 inch : 4 miles, or 1 : 253,440.
Two notes on the right side of the map go into detail about iron ore in Londonderry mines and the age of the Cobequid Mountain range

Note:

A key on the left side of the map is colour-coded to denote PermoCarboniferous & Upper Carboniferous, Coal Measures, Millstone Grit, Lower Carboniferous, Silurian, Cambro-Silurian, Pre-Cambrian, Dolerite and Diorite, and Granite.

Identifier (local):

G/3421/C5/253/1886

Identifier (MD5):

d66ed94b4b414bac6ea210fca2a7e0f1

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/ .

Country:

Canada

Continent:

North America

Coordinates:

45.832381, -63.990377

Rights/Usage:

PUBLIC DOMAIN

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