Natural Resources Canada

Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the delineation of drainage basins. The geographic extent of each drainage basin is delineated and the total area drained for each basin is provided in square miles. This includes the great oceanic drainage basin...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada 8.5x11 series maps is a map which was prepared by three mapping agencies in cooperation with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The CEC is located on Montreal and was created by Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada 8.5x11 series maps is a map which was created as a joint effort by The Atlas of Canada, The National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics, Mexico and the National Atlas of the United States under the sponsorship of the commission for...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is an experimental satellite image map, of the Ottawa area, that combines high resolution satellite imagery and 1:50 000 topographic data.

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is is the first of a planned series of regional satellite image maps of all of Canada. It was one of the first satellite image maps to combine imagery and other map components such as boundaries, roads, railways and place...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is the first of a planned series of regional satellite image maps of all of Canada. It was one of the first satellite image maps to combine imagery and other map components such as boundaries, roads, railways and place...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is a bilingual map produced jointly by Natural Resources Canada and the Canadian Space Agency. The map was produced using 45 separate images taken by AVHRR sensors aboard satellites of the National Aeronautics and...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is a map showing a variety of indicators of vertical geodetic control: location of leveling routes and water transfer parts of these routes, and tidal stations. This appears to be the latest version of this map, which first...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is a map showing a variety of indicators of horizontal geodetic control: triangulation locations, aerodist locations, and point locations of Doppler stations and of GPS. There is also a list of calibration baseline locations.

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Reference Map Series, 1961 to 2010, is Sheet 1 of the Geographical Map Series. It shows relief (using 10 classes), and bathymetry (using 11 classes). The class limits are in feet, but metric equivalents of these limits are also given. The base map components...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Reference Map Series, 1961 to 2010, is a map showing Canada with a very-detailed digital shaded relief. Ocean contours are shown using bathymetric tints. Major physical features including mountain ranges, peaks, and spot elevations are identified. The map...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is map which is intended to give information about canoeing routes in Canada. The side focusing on this theme contains text about canoeing and has maps showing how routes and portage locations are indicated on maps of the...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is a map of heritage areas was produced for Parks Canada and Canadian Heritage. It is at a scale of 1:5 000 000 and uses the Lambert Conformal Conic projection. The land mass of Canada is shown with a yellow colour, with...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Reference Map Series, 1961 to 2010, is a photo-enlargement of a 1: 7 500 000 general reference map (MCR 0128) and has identical content. Both maps show national, provincial and territorial boundaries. Data on the map sheet is restricted to populated places...

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Reference Map Series, 1961 to 2010, is a map showing national, provincial and territorial boundaries. Data on the map sheet is restricted to populated places and drainage features. The very extensive set of populated places shows their population (using 1981...

The plate contains four maps showing the mean river freeze-over date, the mean lake freeze-over date, the mean river ice-free date and the mean lake ice free date. The four maps depict, in a general way, the average dates on which freshwater bodies in Canada become completely ice-covered in the...

The plate contains four maps showing the Hardness of Surface Water, Total Dissolved Solids of Surface Waters, Turbidity of Surface Waters and the Chemical Quality of Typical Surface Waters of Canada. These water quality maps were based on data collected from 1970 and 1971 at national river...

The map shows the location of rivers, glaciers and the six physiographic regions of Canada. Rivers serve as the natural drainage channels for surface waters. The network formed by river systems receives water from two main sources: runoff and base flow. Runoff is that part of precipitation which...