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                <text>McMaster University Library's Historical Maps of Canada</text>
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              <text>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.&#13;
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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. &#13;
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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."</text>
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              <text>local: RMC_6188</text>
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