Route of the proposed canal from Sault Ste. Marie to Montreal, which was never built. Shows a number of railways including the CPR, the O.A. and P.S., the Canada Atlantic, and Grand Trunk.
Notes
Reproduction by Stonehouse Publications, St. Catherines, Ont. in association with the Archives of Ontario.
Shows southern Ontario, northern New York State, parts of Vermont and Michigan, but Quebec is left blank (except for the Montreal area). Does not show Northern Ontario beyond the line North Bay - Sudbury - Sault Ste. Marie. Many ads.
Notes
advertisements of back side and part of front side
printed by William Collins & Sons Ltd. Glasgow and London.
Physical Description
paper - coloured
Size: 33.5 x 26.5
Material Details
Scale: printed scale
Scope and Content
Counties are in colour. Shows places and railways.. Only some townships are shown, including McNab, and they are marked as places rather than townships. White Lake is marked, and so is Arnprior. The map bears the number 27 b.
Notes
The distance lines are given in English miles and kilometres.
Map was purchased by Peter Hessel in Sydney, Australia, for $30 Australian, and donated in September 2003.
Shows districts, counties, townships, post offices, Indian reserves, railway stations, steam & electric railway, canals & roads, lighthouses, water depths, cities, towns, villages, and unnumbered lots and concessions.
Shows counties, places, highways, and railways. Lists incorporated cities, towns and villages. Legend shows types of roads and Travel and Tourist spots. AM and FM radio stations listed. Describes first toll road. Gives distances between locations. Settlement index gives directory of names. Many insets of towns.
2 maps. First shows proposed electoral boundaries and townships including indexed list by number and name of Southern Ontario. The reverse side gives the proposed electoral boundaries of Metropolitan Toronto.
Notes
Pages 11 & 12 of Ottawa Journal newspaper dated Jun 15, 1965
Reproduction from the Ontario Archives, Ref.: C-28. Shows (a) Ontario was once a part of Quebec, and (b) the region later called Upper Canada was divided into the districts of Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nassau and Hesse. Arnprior-McNab was in Mecklenburg.
Shows districts/counties, townships (lots & concessions), major cities, towns and villages, railway lines, major roads, lakes, and rivers from Georgian Bay to Ottawa River & Lake Nipissing to top of Frontenac County. Includes Algonquin Park.
Peter Hessel (1931-2020) was an author, journalist and translator by profession. He was instrumental in establishing the Arnprior & District Archives in 1993.
Scope and Content
The maps in this series are described at the item level.