#YWG #Winnipeg #map #1915
Winnipeg Map
Never drive in Winnipeg without a map! North is to the right on this one.
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The Royal Alexandra Hotel was at the intersection of Higgins and Main. Just above CPR “Station” and “Immigration Building” on the right 1/3 section of this map.
from: Atlas of Canada; Department of the Interior, Govt of Canada; 1915.
#map #proxyfight #railroad #CPR #hedgefund
Map of the Canadian Pacific Railway Over the Continental Divide
One situation which has been discussed recently is that much of the modernized infrastructure of the CPR is nonetheless built on the archaic political and engineering foundations of Canada in the 1880s.
This map partially illustrates ‘what it cost’ to locate the line close to the US border. Right click, open in new tab … to see more detail.
The long-gone track segment A-D was ‘The Big Hill’ - a costly operating nightmare for the CPR during its first 30 years.
Don’t know if those hedge fund Wall Street Pershing boys know or appreciate a lot of this old Canadian history … but there it is.
from: Van Horne’s Road; Omer Lavallee; 1974; Railfare.
#map #Quebec #cdnhistory #hydro
Location of Manic 5 Dam
map from: Atlas of Canada; 1981; Reader’s Digest.
#Palestine #map #history
Middle East, Circa 1900, Map
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from: Handy Reference Atlas of the World; J G Bartholomew; 1904; John Walker and Co.
#Palestine #map #1924
Middle East, Circa 1920, Map
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from: The Citizen’s Atlas of the World; ed: John Bartholomew; 1924.
#Halifax #cdnhistory #Titanic
Halifax Map, Circa 1900
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from: Handy Reference Atlas of the World; J G Bartholomew; 1904; John Walker and Co.
#JFK #NYC #ushistory #Titanic #map
New York Map, Circa 1900
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from: Handy Reference Atlas of the World; J G Bartholomew; 1904; John Walker and Co.
#Ottawa #YOW #cdnhistory #map
Ottawa Map Circa 1940
A World Geography for Canadian Schools; Denton and Lord;1937-1942; J M Dent and Sons.
#climate #ice #cdnhistory #map
Ice Sheets
‘North America was discovered by the white race, or, we may say, the Europeans, a little over four hundred years ago. At that time our continent was inhabited by a few hundreds of thousands of Indians. To the European of that day North America seemed to be an almost empty land. There was room for every one.’
… what they were teaching as World War 2 started …
A World Geography for Canadian Schools; Denton and Lord; 1937-1942; J M Dent and Sons.
