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| The Canadas: 20th Century | |||
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1904 Ontario Map Map of the Province of Ontario, 1904,
including the "New Ontario" that encompassed the fast advancing Northern
Ontario. ID #20369 |
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Canada's Physical Divisions A pre-1949 map showing the main
physical divisions of Canada. ID #10002 |
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St. Lawrence Seaway A commemorative Canadian postage stamp
issued in 1984 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of the St. Lawrence
Seaway. ID #23042 |
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| Cities, Towns & Forts: 17th & 18th Centuries | |||
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Attack on Quebec City Plan of the failed 1690 attack on Quebec
City, commanded by Governor Frontenac, by New England troops. ID #20665 |
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Fort Detroit, 1749 An early sketch of the French fort at Detroit,
1749, on the narrows of the riverway which links Lake Erie and the Upper Great
Lakes. ID #10123 |
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Halifax, 1750 The site of Halifax, the new capital of Nova Scotia,
1750, with a (considerably embellished) map showing the harbour, defended townsite and
Bedford Basin. ID #10140 |
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Early City Plans Plans of Louisbourg, Quebec, and Halifax,
1756. ID #21990 |
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Fort Frontenac A rough French sketch of Fort Frontenac, taken
by the British in August, 1758, at what is now Kingston, showing the Cataraqui River at its
meeting with Lake Ontario, where the fort was set. ID #10151 |
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Map of Quebec Map of Quebec and environs during the Siege of
Quebec, which fell to the British in September, 1759. ID #20266 |
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Plan of Toronto Plan of Toronto Harbour with the proposed town
and part of the settlement, 1788. ID #20270 |
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Township of Niagara Map of the Township of Niagara, Ontario,
1792. An agreement with the Mississauga Indians first opened up this land to settlement, and an
early survey in 1783 showed more than 800 Loyalist settlers. ID #20278 |
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Castle Frank Plan showing the original Castle Frank, York,
Upper Canada. Constructed in 1793-1794, it was the summer home of Upper Canada's
Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe. ID #20295 |
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New Amsterdam Early map and depiction of New
Amsterdam. ID #21814 |
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