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Survey for a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara

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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."

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Survey for a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara
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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."
Publisher
Contributor
Williams, W. G. (William G.), -1846, Drayton, T. F., Reed, J. G.
Date
1835
Type
Format
map
Identifier
macrepo:22621, local: RMC_6188
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.), Niagara Frontier (N.Y.), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), North America--United States, Canada--Niagara River, Niagara Falls
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