Natural Resources Canada

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    Lighthouses and Sailing Routes, Atlantic Coast

    Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the lighthouses and sailing routes on the Atlantic Coast. The map shows sailing routes and a table listing the distance, in miles, from Halifax, Montreal and Quebec to major ports. Although Newfoundland and...
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    Aborigines of Canada, Alaska and Greenland

    Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the distribution of 11 aboriginal groups of Canada, Alaska and Greenland. The areas shown in different colours represent occupied land by the native linguistic families, including uninhabited large areas in the...
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    Routes of Explorers

    Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the routes followed by the principal explorers from 1497 up to 1905. Each route is marked as a red line on the map, giving the name of the explorer or company, and when that person travelled along the route. The...
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    Drainage Basins

    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...
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    Montreal, Toronto

    Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is plate that has two maps. The first map is of the city of Montreal and the second map is of the city of Toronto. At this time the cities had a population over 25, 000. The map indicates the location of city wards, electric railways,...
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    The World

    Contained within the 2nd Edition (1915) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the World, in a Mercator projection, circa 1914. This political map of the world includes countries, island names, major railways and the distance in miles of major maritime routes from port to port. The country of...
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    Territorial Divisions

    Contained within the 2nd Edition (1915) of the Atlas of Canada is a general reference map that shows Canadian political divisions. Newfoundland and Labrador are not yet a part of Canada, and thus omitted from the presentation as a Canadian province. The map shows major railways across the...
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    Aborigines of Canada, Alaska and Greenland

    Contained within the 2nd Edition (1915) of the Atlas of Canad, is a map that shows the distribution of 11 aboriginal groups of Canada, Alaska and Greenland, circa 1915. The areas shown in different colours represent land occupied by the native linguistic families. There are a greater number of...
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    International and Interprovincial Boundaries Eastern Canada - United States B...

    Contained within the 2nd Edition (1915) of the Atlas of Canada is a plate that shows five maps illustrating international and interprovincial boundary claims, circa 1915. Two show the Quebec - New Brunswick - Maine area, and another displays the Canada - Labrador boundary. There are two small...
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    International and Interprovincial Boundaries British Columbia and Yukon-Alask...

    Contained within the 2nd Edition (1915) of the Atlas of Canada is a plate that consists of 2 maps illustrating international and interprovincial boundary historical claims. One map displays Ontario, Manitoba and adjacent parts of the US. The other map shows the Alaska boundary dispute. British...
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    Canada's Land Cover

    Contained within the Atlas of Canada Poster Map Series, is a poster showing the different types of land cover across the Country. The map is primarily based on AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) data, offering very precise detail. The land cover image contains 31 land cover classes....
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    The Circumpolar North

    Contained within the Atlas of Canada Poster Map Series, is a poster which has been adapted from The Atlas of Canada's Northern Circumpolar Region map, MCR0001. It also contains a Modis satellite image showing the same northern area as the map (composite from July to September 2007) produced by...
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    North America (2004)

    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...
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    North America Watersheds

    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...
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    International Polar Year - 2012 - Circumpolar Region

    Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Reference Map Series, 1961 to 2012, is a revised bilingual map which was produced as a special product for the International Polar Year 2012. It was produced from the Atlas of Canada Reference Map, MCR0001, North Circumpolar Region (2008). Its round shape...
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    International Polar Year - 2012 - Antarctic Region

    Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Reference Map Series, 1961 to 2012, is a revised bilingual map which was produced as a special product for the International Polar Year 2012. It was produced from the British Antarctic Survey (2010) Antarctica and the Arctic 1:10 000 000 scale map, Series...
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    The Northern Hemisphere

    Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is a map of the Northern Hemisphere which is the second edition produced in 1965. It shows most of the continental and ocean areas of the Northern Hemisphere north of the following degrees of North latitude: 18 degrees on...
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    Northwest Territories Centennial Map 1870 - 1970

    Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is a map which is intended to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Northwest Territories, 1870 - 1970. The side focus on this theme contains text about Territorial Unity and has illustrations of past commissioners and...
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    Medical Services Branch Facilities

    Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Various Map Series, 1965 to 2006, is a map which was prepared for Health and Welfare Canada in 1990 and was published by Energy, Mines and Resources in 1991. It uses the standard 1:12 500 000 base map on top of which is shown various medical services...
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    Quebec, St. John, Winnipeg

    Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is a plate that has three maps. The first map is of the city of Quebec, the second map is of the city of St. John and the third map is of the city of Winnipeg. At this time these cities had a population over 25, 000. The map indicates...
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