(76) Mineral fuels, pipelines and refineries : Oil and gas pipelines and oil refineries -- Coal, oil and gas fields. Compiled from information supplied by the Mines Branch, (Canada) Department of Mines and Technical Surveys.
2 maps showing mineral fuels, pipelines and refineries. 1 map 50 x 64 cm (scale 1:10,000,000), 1 map 22 x 28 cm (1:5,000,000). Each includes a legend. Features 3 diagrams indicating percentage production of crude oil, natural gas and coal, by province, in 1955. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Sta...
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Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geographical Branch
1957
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| Summary: | 2 maps showing mineral fuels, pipelines and refineries. 1 map 50 x 64 cm (scale 1:10,000,000), 1 map 22 x 28 cm (1:5,000,000). Each includes a legend. Features 3 diagrams indicating percentage production of crude oil, natural gas and coal, by province, in 1955. Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 49˚N and 77˚N. With 2 insets: Mineral fuels, pipelines and refineries in Great Lakes Region (6 x 9 cm, scale 1:5,000,000) -- Mineral fuels, pipelines and refineries in Prince Edward Island vicinity (6 x 11 cm, 1:5,000,000). Descriptive text on verso: For the purposes of this plate, "Mineral Fuels" means coal, petroleum and natural gas. The coal fields shown are the major ones which were being worked in 1955 and the oil and gas fields shown were proven fields by the end of 1955. The data for refineries are also fro the end of 1955 but pipeline data are for the end of 1957. 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 ... |
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