(Text Page to) (52) Aboriginal population. Compiled from information supplied by the National Museum of Canada and the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. (Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys.)

• Main Authors: Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geographical Branch 1951
• Subjects: Statistical; Population; Indians of North America; Ethnography; Nationality; Race; Data Visualization; Newfoundland
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Descriptive text on verso of (52) Aboriginal population: The main map is an attempt to depict the aboriginal ethnic and linguistic situation as it existed when the various natives were first met by Europeans. It is based on a similar one which accompanied Bulletin 65 of the National Museum of Canada - The Indians of Canada by Diamond Jenness, which was first published in 1932 and republished in 1934 and 1955. 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 was explored and mapped. It goes on to show the basic aspects of the ...