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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 (106) Rural municipalities - Western Canada: Both Quebec and Ontario have a two-tier system of rural government. In Quebec the basic unit is the parish or township and the second tier is made up of counties ...
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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 (110) Canada and the world.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Verso of (62) Sawmills.
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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 (27) Seasonal precipitation: The total precipitation for any season is the sum of the rainfall and one tenth of the snowfall for that particular three-month period. The mean seasonal precipitation is the mean of the seasonal totals during 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on verso of (16) Bedrock geology: This map was compiled by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1956 from published and unpublished maps and reports of the Geological Survey of Canada, Provincial Departments of Mines, mining companies and other sources.
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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 (13) Physiographic regions.
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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 (25) Annual precipitation: The official Canadian rain gauge is a small cylinder with a cross sectional area of ten square inches, mounted with the gauge rim one foot above level ground ... The man annual total precipitation and snowfall maps are primarily based on thirty-year data during 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 (69) Agricultural regions: This plate shows the division of Canada into Agriculture Regions according to the percentage of total gross farm revenue obtained from a particular source in 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 (75) Industrial minerals: The term "Industrial Minerals" is used here to describe the wide variety of non-metallic minerals which were produced in Canada in 1955 ...
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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 (54) Other origins and citizenship: 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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Descriptive text on verso of (43) Ranges of principal birds: Because of limited space, the selection of species was confined principally to the more popular game birds. The ranges, for the most part, indicate present and usual distribution ...
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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 (45) Parks and faunal reserves: The National and Provincial Parks are areas retained in their natural state for public use ...
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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 (19) Atmospheric pressure: These maps were prepared from atmospheric pressure readings taken daily at 00, 06, 12 and 18 hours G.M.T. during the period 1940-1949 inclusive, except for the area north of 72 1/2ËšN., where the period was 1948-1953 inclusive, and for which the results were adjusted to the 1940-1949 period ...
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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 (17) Principal minerals: This plate shows the distribution of the principal minerals of economic importance in 1955 ...
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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 (64) Farm livestock: 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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Descriptive text on verso of (70) Agricultural labour force and services: The Labour Force engaged in agriculture includes the farmers, stock-raisers, farm managers and foreman, farm labourers, the personnel of establishments primarily engaged in custom threshing, ploughing, silo filling ... 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 (21) Seasonal temperatures: Temperatures are observed two or more times each day at most observing stations using thermometers mounted in a thermometer shelter which protects them from the weather and direction solar radiation ... This plate shows the mean daily temperatures for January, April, July and October averaged over the 30 year period from 1921 to 1950.
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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 (51) Age and sex ratios: The maps on this plate illustrate the distribution of age-group ratios and sex ratios by census divisions in 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 (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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Verso of (68) Farms.
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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 (61) Forestry and woodworking: The Wood Using Industries in Canada comprise the Sash, Door and Planning Mills Industry, the Veneer and Plywood Industry, the Hardwood Flooring Industry, and the Miscellaneous Woodworking Industries ...
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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 (78) Hydro and fuel electric power - Western Canada: This plate shows the location of developed and undeveloped electric power plants or sites in Western 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 (105) Rural municipalities - Great Lakes Region - St. Lawrence Area: Both Quebec and Ontario have a two-tier system of rural government. In Quebec the basic unit is the parish or township and the second tier is made up of counties ...
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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 (26) Precipitation days and precipitation variability: A "precipitation day" is considered to be a day on which the rainfall recorded amounts to one hundredth of an inch or more, or the snowfall measured is one tenth of an inch 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 (66) Other grains and oil seeds: This plate illustrates the distribution of the areas seeded in oil seeds and grains other than 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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On verso of (102) Winnipeg and Edmonton.
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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 (109) Political evolution: The maps on this plate are designed to show the principal stages by which Canada evolved into a Federal State of ten provinces and two territories ...
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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 (30) Climatic regions: The map on this plate shows the division of Canada into climatic regions according to the classification of climates of the world developed by W. Koppen ... For this map, the temperature and precipitation criteria established by Koppen have been applied to Canadian data for the standard thirty year 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 (72) Primary iron and steel: 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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Descriptive text on verso of (53) French and British origins: This plate illustrates the distribution of population of French and British origin according to the 1951 census of Canada ...
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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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Descriptive text on verso of (7) Aeronautical charts: The purpose of the maps appearing on this plate illustrate the kinds of aeronautical "charts" that are prepared by the Surveys and Mapping Branch of the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys ...
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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 (82) Navigable waterways: The map entitled Navigable Waterways shows the waterways known to be at present navigable or to have been formerly navigated ... [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 (42) Ranges of principal mammals: Because of limited space, the selection of species was confined principally to the more popular mammals. The ranges, for the most part, indicate present and usual distribution ...
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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 (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 (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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Descriptive text on verso of (98) Populated places - the far west: This plate shows as many populated places in the southwestern part of Canada as the scale of the map will permit ... according to the 1956 Census of Canada ...
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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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Descriptive text on verso of (44) Ranges of principal commercial inland fish: Because of limited space, the selection of species was confined to the more important inland fish of commercial value. The ranges, for the most part, indicate present and usual distribution ...
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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 (15) Glacial geology: This map was compiled by the Geological Survey of Canada from data obtained from many institutions and individuals ...
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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 (104) Rural municipalities - Eastern Canada: The rural districts are essentially two or more contiguous communities which have combined for the purpose of setting up a municipal council ...
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