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Browse All : Thematic Atlas and Text Page from 1957
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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"The Atlas is bound in a loose-leaf form to enable the removal of individual sheets for special study and to allow for the replacement or addition of sheets that will be produced after the first edition is published ... the Atlas provides a logical story in maps which embraces historical, physical, human, economic and social and political geography. The story begins with the way in which Canada was explored and mapped. It goes on to show the basic aspects of the physical environment, such as relief and climate … "
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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 (12) Bathy-orography - Northern Canada: This plate shows the depths, or bathymetry, of the waters in and around Northern Canada, together with the relief or orography, of the land in this area as it is known in 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 (10) Bathy-orography - Eastern Canada: This plate shows the depths, or bathymetry, of the waters in and around Eastern Canada, together with the relief or orography, of the land in this area as it is known in 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 (87) Air lines: The data for this plate are as of December 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 (9) Bathy-orography - Canada: This plate shows the depths, or bathymetry, of the waters in and around Canada, together with the relief, or orography, of the land as it is known in 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 (76) Mineral fuels, pipelines and refineries: 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 (83) Railways: This plate shows the location of Canadian railways as 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 (86) Civil airports, aerodromes and time zones: This plate shows the location of Civil Airports and Aerodromes up to September 1957, together with the Time Zones into which Canada is divided ...
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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 (18) Earthquakes, magnetism and tides: Since the North Magnetic Pole is in a different position from the Geographical North Pole, and since the lines of the earth's magnetic forces are deflected by various agencies, the compass needle does not point toward the Geographical North Pole in most locations. The deflection of the compass needle from True North is called magnetic variation or declination ...
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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 (11) Bathy-orography - Western Canada: This plate shows the depths, or bathymetry, of the waters in and around Western Canada, together with the relief or orography, of the land in this area as it is known in 1957 ...
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