Survey for a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara
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Title
Survey for a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara
Description
Printed map. "Made and drawn under the direction of Capt. W.G. Williams U.S.T. Engineers, by Lts. T.F. Drayton and J.G. Reed U.S. Army." "Hor. scale 12 inches to 1 mile." Shows the site of the "Lundays Lane Battle, 25th July 1814" on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, the Indian reservation of the Tuscarora Tribe, and more.
Includes 4 insets: Mouth of Four Mile Creek with soundings adjacent, scale 12 ins. to 1 mile; Distances exhibiting the development of Lake Coast, as accurately measured upon Tanners map U. States; [Perspective view of the Niagara River from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie]; and, Niagara River [with soundings], hor. scale 2 inches to 1 mile.
Described in Catalogue of the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, H1/1210-Niagara Canal-1835, Volume 12, pp. 24-25: "Note this canal is on the American side of the river."
Includes 4 insets: Mouth of Four Mile Creek with soundings adjacent, scale 12 ins. to 1 mile; Distances exhibiting the development of Lake Coast, as accurately measured upon Tanners map U. States; [Perspective view of the Niagara River from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie]; and, Niagara River [with soundings], hor. scale 2 inches to 1 mile.
Described in Catalogue of the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, H1/1210-Niagara Canal-1835, Volume 12, pp. 24-25: "Note this canal is on the American side of the river."
Date
1835
Contributor
Williams, W. G. (William G.), -1846
Drayton, T. F.
Reed, J. G.
Identifier
macrepo:22621
local: RMC_6188
Files
Citation
“Survey for a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara,” Exhibits at McMaster University, accessed February 5, 2025, https://exhibits.mcmaster.ca/document/617.
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