(36) Soil survey maps : Part of Montreal-Jesus Bizard Islands, Quebec -- Part of York County, Ontario -- Part of Red Deer Sheet, Alberta -- Part of Winnipeg Area, Manitoba. (Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys.)
4 maps showing soil surveys in Canada. Each map 11 x 32 cm. Each includes a scale statement and a legend. Descriptive text on verso: The portions of the 4 maps appearing on this plate illustrate the kinds of soil maps that are being prepared by the Experimental Farms Service of the Federal Departmen...
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Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geographical Branch
1958
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| Summary: | 4 maps showing soil surveys in Canada. Each map 11 x 32 cm. Each includes a scale statement and a legend. Descriptive text on verso: The portions of the 4 maps appearing on this plate illustrate the kinds of soil maps that are being prepared by the Experimental Farms Service of the Federal Department of Agriculture in co-operation with the Provincial Departments of Agriculture and the Departments of Soils at Canadian universities. [Date of map inferred based upon atlas data.] First edition was in 1906 (see our 1645.000); second edition 1915 (1646.000). The title page of this edition is dated 1957 but the Foreword is dated 1958, as well as the maps on plates 91, 99 and 110. Atlas contains 110 plates, comprising a total of 505 maps in color; additionally, these maps include 57 insets. Bound in pale green boards with burgundy lettering and spine, including spine title "Atlas Of Canada. 1957” in gilt. Loose-leaf binding allows both removal and insertion of individual maps. Inside front cover: Canadian made product by Copeland-Chatterson Limited, Brampton, Ontario. In the Foreword, Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys Paul Comtois explains, "Since the last Atlas of Canada appeared in 1915, the economy of Canada has expanded in all directions. The population of the country has doubled. Newfoundland has joined it as the tenth province, and scientific surveys have revealed to an ever increasing extent the physical nature of its land and water resources. It is, therefore, the purpose o this edition of the Atlas to present, in maps, an outline of the physical background and the economic development of the nation at mid-century and to show how these factors are interwoven to produce the fabric of the life of our people … " In the Preface, Director of Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geographical Branch, N.L. Nicholson continues, “ … the Atlas provides a logical story in maps which embraces historical, physical, human, economic and social and political geography. The story begins with the way in which Canada ... |
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