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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Map shows populated places in the prairies of Canada. Includes legend, as well as index (on verso). Scale 1:2,500,000 or one inch to 39.4 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: This plate shows as many populated places in the prairies 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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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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Map shows populated places in the far west of Canada. Includes legend, as well as index (on verso). Scale 1:2,500,000 or one inch to 39.4 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: 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 ...
Author
[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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6 maps showing Ottawa at different scales. Each map 20 x 21 cm. Each includes a bar scale and a scale statement. Descriptive text on verso: The main purpose of this plate is to show the changes in the detail and type of geographical information which can be shown at various scales beginning with the largest scale (1:14,000 or 1 inch to 1200 feet), and ending with the smallest (1:4,055,040 or 1 inch to 64 miles) ... [Date of map inferred based upon atlas data.]
Author
[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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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.
Author
[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Map shows populated places in the Great Lakes Area of Canada. Includes legend, as well as index (on verso). Scale 1:2,500,000 or one inch to 39.4 miles. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. Descriptive text on verso: This plate shows as many populated places in the Great Lakes area as the scale of the map will permit ... according to the 1951 Census of Canada ...
Author
[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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