Author: (Chief Geographer's Office).
Title: [Large Folding Map]: Northern Alberta. Compiled & Engraved at the Chief Geographer's Office.
Description: Chief Geographer's Office, circa 1920's. [1920]. [1920]. Chief Geographer's Office, circa 1920's. [1920]. [1920]. Very good. - A large 35 inch high by 39-1/2 inch wide partially colored folding map of Northern Alberta from a little South of Athabasca through the Caribou Mountains and up beyond Fort Smith near the top. Predominently black and white with bodies of water colored in green & points of interest in sienna, the whole within a sienna ruled frame. The map, compiled and engraved at the Chief Geographer's Office, is produced on a scale of 1:792,000 or 12-1/2 miles to 1 inch. The area at left of the sienna ruled border is identified as the "Peace River Block / 3,500,000 acres conveyed by the Province of British Columbia to the Dominion Government". Occasional grids identify areas of settlements and likely also Indian populations. A line, drawn by hand in purple, which often follows the rivers and other bodies of water, may likely represent an existing or proposed railway line which meanders from South to North with a bifurcation heading West towards the Peace River Block and British Columbia. A portion of this Westward line is represented by purple colored broken lines which might imply that the solid lines represent completed sections of the railway whereas the broken line section is still projected. There are a couple of tiny tears and holes where some of the folds intersect. Very good. A copy of this map is located in the "Claims Research and Assessment Directorate Indian and Northern Affairs Canada". Very good .

Keywords: CANADIANA; GEOGRAPHY; FOLDING MAP; WESTERN CANADA; WEST; NORTHERN ALBERTA; COMPILED & ENGRAVED AT THE CHIEF GEOGRAPHER'S OFFICE; PEACE RIVER BLOCK; ACRES CONVERYED BY THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA TO THE DOMINION GOVERNMENT; CANADA; COLOR; INDI


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