Department of Interior : Atlas of Canada, No. 33. Drainage basins. (to accompany) Department of the Interior, Canada . 1906.

• Main Authors: White, James; Canada. Department of Interior, Toronto Lithographing Co.; Forest Service Dept. of Agriculture, Washington
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1906
• Subjects: Hudson Bay; Canada; Hudson
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Color map. Includes geographic extent of each drainage basin, and the total area drained for each basin is provided in square miles. This includes the great oceanic drainage basin and the Hudson Bay basin. There is also a tables listing the lengths of major rivers of Canada, and St. Lawrence Basin total area drained. Note: Only the Canadian drainage area is indicated on the map for basins that lie partly in the United States. Full color, 21 p., 83 plates including maps and diagrams. The Atlas of Canada, first edition published by the Department of the Interior in 1906, was one of the world's first national atlases. A second edition similar in style and content was published in 1915, both editions, featuring thematic maps dealing with Canada's geology, communications, natural resources, population, economic activities, transportation, as well as maps of principal cities. During this period, a major part of Canada's growth was due to the great influx of immigrants into Canada, many of them coming to open up the farmlands of the Prairies. Consequently, the first two editions of the Atlas of Canada reflect a particular interest in transportation and communications and devote a significant amount of space to mapping the composition and density of the population. Bound in half leather brown covered boards with "Department of Interior 1906 Atlas of Canada." in gilt. Atlas is bound in half leather brown cloth covered boards with "Department Of The Interior. 1906. Atlas of Canada."