Second Welland Canal - Book 3, Survey Map 16 - Through Humberstone
Description
- Creator
- Board of Works - Welland Canal Company
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Drawings
- Description
- Survey map of the Second Welland Canal created by the Welland Canal Company showing the border area of the townships of Crowland and Humberstone.
Identified structures associated with the Canal include back ditches, towing path and spoil banks.
Surveyor measurements and notes can be seen in red and black ink and pencil.
Local area landmarks include line between the 7th Concession of Crowland and the Gore, Town Line between the Townhips of Crowland and Humberstone and the Highane & Company Store.
Roads parallel to Canal include southern Road Allowance and the Road to Port Colborne. Roads perpendicular to Canal include Road Allowance between the 4th and 5th Concession.
Properties and property owners are noted as Thomas Merrit, John Betty, John Brown, Charles French, James McCoppen, and S.D. Woodruff. Lots noted are: Lots Number 22, 23, 24, 5th Concession. - Inscriptions
- "Humberstone" - Scale: 4 Chs. per Inch
"Gore" - Publisher
- Board of Works - Welland Canal Company
- Date of Original
- c.1855
- Dimensions
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Width: 100 cm
Height: 45 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 85cm
Image Height: 45cm
- Map Scale
- 4 Chs. per Inch
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- WCM-BK3-Map16
- Collection
- St. Lawrence Seaway Authority (Canada) Fonds
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 42.955417 Longitude: -79.25108
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- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Holder
- © St. Lawrence Seaway Authority (Canada). © Transport Canada.
- Copyright Holder Contact Information
- Copyright Bureau, Services Branch
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- Recommended Citation
- Brock University Archives, St. Lawrence Seaway Authority (Canada) Fonds, Second Welland Canal Survey Map 1, c.1845.
- Terms of Use
- This record is Crown copyrighted. Permission to reproduce this record must be granted by Library and Archives Canada.
- Reproduction Notes
- © St. Lawrence Seaway Authority (Canada). Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (2006).
Source: Library and Archives Canada/St. Lawrence Seaway Authority fonds/R1195-0-X-E/Accession 73-27727 CA
© Transport Canada. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (2006).
Source: Library and Archives Canada/Department of Railways and Canals fonds/R610-154-8-E/Accession 9017 CA
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