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Topographical Surveys Branch [textual record, cartographic material, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1912-1980.

Reference:

R214-31-6-E, RG15M 73/18670, RG15M 60/4195, RG88M 85603/31, RG88-B

Type of material:

Textual material, Maps and cartographic material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

135036

Context of this record:

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Natural Resources Canada fonds

Surveys and Mapping Branch sous-fonds

Topographical Surveys Branch
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Series includes:

7 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1912-1980.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2.285 m of textual records.
3,185 maps : (153 hand col.)
1 v. : ill.
449 photographs : b&w

Language of material:

English
Accession:

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Canada. Dept. of Mines and Resources collection [graphic material]

[Township plans, Prairie provinces] [cartographic material]

Report, experimental aerial survey of the City of Ottawa [textual record] W.F. Lambart

[Topographical survey of the Rocky Mountains] [cartographic material] / triangulation by W.S. Drewry and topography by J.J. McArthur
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Series consists of records accumulated and created by the Topographical Surveys Branch. These records include reports, laboratory records, registry files, photographs, survey reports and maps.

The 132 sectional maps of Western Canada, six miles to one inch, old style contains base maps which show townships, ranges, trails, post offices, railway stations, etc. Base maps originally published by the Dept. of the Interior, Office of the Surveyor General, for departmental use, at the listed scale of one inch to six miles. The same maps, published at one inch to three miles would have been made available to the public. In 1919 the Dept. of the Interior decided to change the sectional maps series from a cadastral to a topographic series. The manuscript features on each map were used to convert from the old series to the new series by the addition of contours, buildings, roads, etc. The coloured lines indicate the lines of spirit levels that were surveyed ca. 1925. The numbers along the lines probably refer to the field notebooks of the surveyors. These old style maps with manuscript additions would then be reprinted as new style maps with subdued grid lines and with the edition statements removed. Please see the sub-series description attached to this record for more details.

RG15M 73/18670 consists of survey information for parts of the Prairie Provinces on 32 pre-printed compilation map sheets of a standard township. Surveyors plotted the information during the winter from notes taken during the summer. Many maps show the names of surveyors responsible for the surveying of adjoining areas and the dates of these surveys. Some are replacement surveys. Please see accession record "[Township plans, Prairie provinces]" attached to this series.

RG15M 60/4195 consists of one volume entitled, "Report, experimental aerial survey of the City of Ottawa", by W.F. Lambart. Report is addressed to the Chairman of the Air Committee, Dept. of the Interior, dated 18 Nov. 1920. It includes reports by Capt. J.A. Glen, R.A.F., and Lieut. E.R. Own of the Air Board relative to the flying and photographic operations. The report is illustrated with sketches of cameras and their mountings. Appended to the report is a triangulation sketch based on a primary geodetic system and five aerial photos of bridges over the Rideau River and of Eastview. Please see accession record attached to this series.
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Canada. Surveys and Mapping Branch

Lambart, W. F
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Source of title:

Title based on contents of the series.

Custodial history:

RG88M 85603/31 - transferred to the Public Archives of Canada by Topographical Surveys, Suveys and Mapping Branch, Energy, Mines & Resources Canada in 1980.

RG15M 73/18670 - transferred from the Topographical Survey Branch (formerly of the Dept. of the Interior) to the Public Archives of Canada, in 1973. These 32 items are part of a 208 item accession that was transferred from FED Nov. 1, 1973.

RG15M 60/4195 - transferred to the Public Archives of Canada by the Geological Survey of Canada Library in May 1960. Originally part of the records of the Dept. of the Interior, and transferred with Topographical Survey Branch records when the former department was dissolved in 1936.

Cartographic math data:

Scales differ., Scales 1:250 000 and 1:125 000, Scale 1:380160, RG15M 73/18670: Scale [ca. 1:63 360].

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Ottawa Emerges: Images Through Time. Curator: David Bullock, City of Ottawa Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; 2005.06.14 - 2005.09.05 (RG15M 60/4195 - c-151643 - c-57212 - c-80044 - c-57213)

Related material:

Sectional maps - Published versions of the new style maps can be found in: G3465 s380 .C35., RG15M 60/4195: Related records can be found in the records of the Interdepartmental Aerial Survey Committee.

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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117-040645-8
119-040066-9
1973-212 NPC
2015-01367-9
60/4195 CA
73-18670 CA
890646 CA
R214
RG15
RG15M 60/4195
RG15M 73/18670
RG88
RG88M 890646
RG88M 912014

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RG15M 73/18670
RG15M 60/4195
RG88M 85603/31
RG88-B
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