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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (88) Air passenger traffic: The flow lines on this map do not necessarily follow actual routes and should, therefore, be considered as diagrammatic only. The data used was for 1953 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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7 maps showing fodder crops and intensive crops in Canada. 5 maps 15 x 32 cm (scale 1:20,000,000), 1 map in 2 parts: 6 x 21 cm (1:5,000,000); 9 x 21 cm (1:10,000,000), 1 map in 2 parts: 8 x 12 cm (1:10,000,000); 7 x 12 cm (30 miles to an inch). Each includes a scale statement, legend and diagram indicating percentage of distribution. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: This plate illustrates the distribution of areas devoted to particular crops in 1951 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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8 maps showing west coast fisheries in Canada. Each map 21 x 16 cm. Each map includes a legend. Scale 1:5,000,000 or one inch to 78.91 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: This plate shows the general distribution of certain species of fish and also indicates, by means of coloured dots, the areas of greatest catch and the amounts taken, based largely on statistics of landings of fish for the years between 1951 and 1953.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (77) Hydro and fuel electric power - Eastern Canada: This plate shows the location of developed and undeveloped electric power plants or sites in Eastern Canada according to their actual or anticipated installed capacity in 1954 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (58) Furs, whaling and fish processing: As trapping is carried on in nearly all parts of Canada, establishments licensed to buy furs are found throughout the country. However, only those outside the main generally settled areas have been shown individually on this map, as they correspond most closely to what are traditionally thought of as "fur trading posts" ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (56) Urban population: The map showing the distribution of urban population in 1951 includes all persons residing in cities, towns and villages of 1,000 population or more ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (24) Growing seasons: This plate illustrates certain aspects of the climate of the growing seasons ... The map was constructed from data for the period 1921 to 1950 inclusive ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (5) Extent of topographical mapping, 1955: The purpose of this plate is to show the extent to which Canada has been mapped on relatively large scales - 1:1,000,000 (15.783 miles to 1 inch) or larger ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (4) Extent of mapping surveys, 1955: In carrying out mapping surveys, it is necessary to have control points precisely located from which the surveys can be advanced. Control points are established primarily by astronomical fixations; thereafter they are established by geometric means which, in effect, consist in solving triangles ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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6 maps showing humidity and fog in Canada during different seasons. Each map 15 x 32 cm. Each includes a legend. Scale 1:20,000,000 or one inch to 315.6 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: Humidity data are obtained from the regular reading of artificially ventilated dry and wet bulb thermometers housed in standard thermometer shelters ... The two mixing ratio maps on this plate are based on observations taken at midnight, 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time over the ten-year period from 1941 to 1950 inclusive ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (29) Humidity and fog: Humidity data are obtained from the regular reading of artificially ventilated dry and wet bulb thermometers housed in standard thermometer shelters ... The two mixing ratio maps on this plate are based on observations taken at midnight, 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time over the ten-year period from 1941 to 1950 inclusive ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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On verso of (89) Domestic trade, finance and construction.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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2 maps showing rates of population change in Canada from 1851 to 1951. 1 map 23 x 47 cm, 1 map 23 x 64 cm. Each includes a legend. Features 3 diagrams: Birth, death and natural increase rates, 1931-1951 -- Changes in density of population, 1851-1951 -- Percentage increase in population by decades, 1851-1951. Scale 1:10,000,000 or one inch to 157.8 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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6 maps showing other origins and citizenship in Canada. Each map 15 x 32 cm. Each includes a legend; 3 o f the maps include a diagram. Scale 1:20,000,000 or one inch to 315.6 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: After those of French and British origin, the next most numerous groups in 1951 were those of German (619,995) ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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2 maps showing public libraries, museums and art galleries in Canada. Each map 23 x 64 cm. Eastern map includes a legend. Features 2 diagrams: Percentage distribution of volumes of public libraries -- Volumes per capita in public libraries, 1951. Scale 1:5,000,000 or one inch to 78.91 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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6 maps showing farm livestock in Canada. Each map 15 x 32 cm. Each includes a diagram indicating percentage of distribution. Scale 1:20,000,000 or one inch to 315.6 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: This plate illustrates the distribution of the main farm animals in 1951 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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2 maps showing air passenger traffic in Canada. 1 map 50 x 64 cm (scale 1:10,000,000), 1 map 19 x 33 cm (1:20,000,000). Each map includes a legend. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: The flow lines on this map do not necessarily follow actual routes and should, therefore, be considered as diagrammatic only. The data used was for 1953 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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6 maps showing fabricated metal industries in Canada. Each map 15 x 32 cm. Each includes a legend, chart depicting value of production, and diagram depicting percentage of distribution of manufacturing labor. Scale 1:20,000,000 or one inch to 315.6 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: This plate shows the distribution of manufacturing industries which use smelted or refined metal as their primary raw material ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Map shows primary iron and steel in Canada. Includes legend and 5 diagrams: Production of iron ore by fields, 1955 -- Apparent consumption of iron ore, 1955 -- Exports of iron ore, 1955 -- Imports of iron ore, 1955 -- Metallurgical works data, 1955. Scale 1:10,000,000 or one inch to 157.8 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. With 2 insets: (Iron and steel in Toronto vicinity, scale 1:2,500,000) -- Iron and steel in Montreal vicinity, 1:2,500,000). Descriptive text on verso: This plate deals with the group of mining and metallurgical industries which, in 1955, supplied basic iron and steel products for further manufacture or assembly ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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On verso of (94) Public libraries, museums and art galleries.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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2 maps showing sawmills in Canada. Each map 23 x 64 cm. Includes a legend. Scale 1:5,000,000 or one inch to 78.91 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. With 3 insets: (Sawmills in Vancouver and vicinity, scale 1:500,000) -- (Sawmills in Yukon District, 1:10,000,000) -- (Sawmills in Newfoundland and vicinity, 1:5,000,000). [Date of map inferred based upon atlas data.]
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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On verso of (81) Manufacturing centres.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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2 maps showing mineral fuels, pipelines and refineries. 1 map 50 x 64 cm (scale 1:10,000,000), 1 map 22 x 28 cm (1:5,000,000). Each includes a legend. Features 3 diagrams indicating percentage production of crude oil, natural gas and coal, by province, in 1955. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. With 2 insets: Mineral fuels, pipelines and refineries in Great Lakes Region (6 x 9 cm, scale 1:5,000,000) -- Mineral fuels, pipelines and refineries in Prince Edward Island vicinity (6 x 11 cm, 1:5,000,000). Descriptive text on verso: For the purposes of this plate, "Mineral Fuels" means coal, petroleum and natural gas. The coal fields shown are the major ones which were being worked in 1955 and the oil and gas fields shown were proven fields by the end of 1955. The data for refineries are also fro the end of 1955 but pipeline data are for the end of 1957.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (23) Frost: The maps on this plate are based on the occurence of a temperature of 32˚F or lower in a standard thermometer shelter at a level of four feet above the ground ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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2 maps showing wheat and barley in Canada. Each map 23 x 64 cm. Features 2 diagrams indicating percentage distribution. Scale 1:10,000,000 or one inch to 157.8 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: This plate illustrates the distribution of the areas seeded in wheat and barley for harvesting in 1951 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Map shows soil regions in Canada. Includes a legend. Features 2 diagrams: Areas of principal soil groups and their distribution by provinces and territories -- Percentage areas of principal soil groups. Scale 1:10,000,000 or one inch to 157.8 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. [Date of map inferred based upon atlas data.]
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of : The drainage basins delimited on this plate cover all Canadian land and fresh water areas ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (65) Wheat and barley: This plate illustrates the distribution of the areas seeded in wheat and barley for harvesting in 1951 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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4 maps showing snow cover in Canada. Each map 23 x 32 cm. 2 of the maps include a legend. Scale 1:20,000,000 or one inch to 315.6 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: Snow cover data refer primarily to the presence and total depth of a snow cover on the surface of the earth ... Snow cover data are mainly based on the ten-year period from 1941 to 1950 inclusive.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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4 maps showing urban growth and land use in Quebec and Montreal. 2 maps 34 x 32 cm, 2 maps 19 x 17 cm. Includes 2 legends. Scale 1:100,000 or one inch to 1.58 miles. Descriptive text on verso: The urban growth maps on this plate and the three which follow it represent the expansion of areas occupied by structures, but the small open areas classified as parks and playgrounds on the land-use maps are also included ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Verso of (49) Rates of population change, 1851-1951.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (20) Wind and sunshine: Data on wind direction have been obtained from recording anenometers which are usually placed between 30 and 70 feet above the ground. Direction frequencies of winds are the percentages of time, regardless of speed, that the wind blows from each of the cardinal directions ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Map shows aboriginal population in Canada. Main map 46 x 64 cm. Includes a legend. Features a diagram: Indian and Eskimo population by linguistic families, 1951. Scale 1:10,000,000 or one inch to 157.8 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. With inset (13 x 18 cm): Distribution of Indians and Eskimos, 1951. Descriptive text on verso: The main map is an attempt to depict the aboriginal ethnic and linguistic situation as it existed when the various natives were first met by Europeans. It is based on a similar one which accompanied Bulletin 65 of the National Museum of Canada - The Indians of Canada by Diamond Jenness, which was first published in 1932 and republished in 1934 and 1955.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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4 maps showing different sets of survey data of Canada, including legal, geodetic and air photographic surveys. Each map 23 x 32 cm. Each includes a legend. Scale 1:20,000,000 or one inch to 315.6 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: In carrying out mapping surveys, it is necessary to have control points precisely located from which the surveys can be advanced. Control points are established primarily by astronomical fixations; thereafter they are established by geometric means which, in effect, consist in solving triangles ...
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