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  • Historical Maps of Toronto
    Historical Maps of Toronto
    CollectionImage       Featuring simple and free access to a broad selection of notable historical maps of Toronto, this site aims to generate curiosity, and to serve as an easy entry point for discovery and further investigation.
    CollectionImage     Featuring simple and free access to a broad selection of notable historical maps of Toronto, this site aims to generate curiosity, and to serve as an easy entry point for …
    Nathan Ng
  • Maria Township ca. 1886
    Maria Township ca. 1886
    ImageTextCollection       Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different range. The instruments were calibrated against a distance measured with a surveyors chain (also known as Gunter’s chain). One chain …
    ImageTextCollection     Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different …
    Head, Clara and Maria Public Library
  • Maria Township ca. 1866
    Maria Township ca. 1866
    ImageTextCollection       Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different range. The instruments were calibrated against a distance measured with a surveyors chain (also known as Gunter’s chain). One chain …
    ImageTextCollection     Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different …
    Head, Clara and Maria Public Library
  • Maria Township ca.1869
    Maria Township ca.1869
    ImageTextCollection       Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different range. The instruments were calibrated against a distance measured with a surveyors chain (also known as Gunter’s chain). One chain …
    ImageTextCollection     Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different …
    Head, Clara and Maria Public Library
  • Clara Township Map ca.1885
    Clara Township Map ca.1885
    ImageTextCollection       Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different range. The instruments were calibrated against a distance measured with a surveyors chain (also known as Gunter’s chain). One chain …
    ImageTextCollection     Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different …
    Head, Clara and Maria Public Library
  • Head Township ca.1859
    Head Township ca.1859
    ImageTextCollection       Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different range. The instruments were calibrated against a distance measured with a surveyors chain (also known as Gunter’s chain). One chain …
    ImageTextCollection     Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different …
    Head, Clara and Maria Public Library
  • Map of Head Township
    Map of Head Township
    ImageTextCollection       Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different range. The instruments were calibrated against a distance measured with a surveyors chain (also known as Gunter’s chain). One chain …
    ImageTextCollection     Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different …
    Head, Clara and Maria Public Library
  • Map of Clara Township
    Map of Clara Township
    ImageTextCollection       Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different range. The instruments were calibrated against a distance measured with a surveyors chain (also known as Gunter’s chain). One chain …
    ImageTextCollection     Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope had a different calibration and therefore a different …
    Head, Clara and Maria Public Library
  • Welland Canal History
    Welland Canal History
    CollectionImageText       Access an extensive collection of Welland Canal historical photographs and newspaper clippings available in the Local History collection of the Welland Public Library.
    CollectionImageText     Access an extensive collection of Welland Canal historical photographs and newspaper clippings available in the Local History collection of the Welland Public Library.
    Welland Public Library
  • Crosby Women's Institute Tweedsmuir Book
    Crosby Women's Institute Tweedsmuir Book
    TextCollection       Crosby, Ontario's Women's Institute Tweedsmuir Book covering some of the early history of Crosby Ontario(also once known as Singleton's Corners). The history in the book covers the period of the 19th century to about 1950.
    TextCollection     Crosby, Ontario's Women's Institute Tweedsmuir Book covering some of the early history of Crosby Ontario(also once known as Singleton's Corners). The history in the book covers the period of the …
    Rideau Lakes Public Library
  • Abstract of Title to Lot 30 West of the Grand River, with Map
    Abstract of Title to Lot 30 West of the Grand River, with Map
    TextImage       This abstract of title provides the transactional history of the portions of Lot 30 in Dumfries, which had at various times belonged to Thomas Clark, William Dickson, John Holme, Samuel Street and Hiram Capron. It was prepared in 1855 at the time of the incorporation of Paris in order to …
    TextImage     This abstract of title provides the transactional history of the portions of Lot 30 in Dumfries, which had at various times belonged to Thomas Clark, William Dickson, John Holme, Samuel …
  • Indenture Between The Great Western Railway Company and Hiram Capron
    Indenture Between The Great Western Railway Company and Hiram Capron
    TextImage       This land indenture documents an agreement between Capron and the Great Western Railway Company. This is not the first agreement between Capron and the Great Western Railway company; an earlier document was signed in 1848. Capron built a highway and sold several lots near the strip of land he had …
    TextImage     This land indenture documents an agreement between Capron and the Great Western Railway Company. This is not the first agreement between Capron and the Great Western Railway company; an earlier …
  • Ordinance
    Ordinance
    TextImage       Original map
    TextImage     Original map
    Musée Sturgeon River House Museum
  • Plan of Fort's George, Mississauga, and Niagara, The Military Reserves and the Town of Newark- 1908 Copy of an 1817 Original
    Plan of Fort's George, Mississauga, and Niagara, The Military Reserves and the Town of Newark- 1908 Copy of an 1817 Original
    Image       A plan by H.H. Willson[s] of Fort's George, Mississauga and Niagara, the Military Reserves and the Town of Newark. It is dated 2 May 1817 and has "Royal Regiment Office, Quebec". A memo above the title states the plan "shows a new proposed military reserve in red lines." This is …
    Image     A plan by H.H. Willson[s] of Fort's George, Mississauga and Niagara, the Military Reserves and the Town of Newark. It is dated 2 May 1817 and has "Royal Regiment Office, …
  • Mr. President Russel's Estate- 1915 copy
    Mr. President Russel's Estate- 1915 copy
    Image       A 1915 copy of Mr. President Russel's (president and acting administrator of Upper Canada from 1796-1799) estate plan in 1797. It illustrates the house and garden plans of his estate including site descriptions and dimensions.
    Image     A 1915 copy of Mr. President Russel's (president and acting administrator of Upper Canada from 1796-1799) estate plan in 1797. It illustrates the house and garden plans of his estate …
  • Plan of the Township of Grantham and Louth 1814
    Plan of the Township of Grantham and Louth 1814
    Image       A copy of a map from the National Archives.
    Image     A copy of a map from the National Archives.
    St. Catharines Museum
  • Map of Historic Niagara, Showing the Principal Points of Interest in Connection with the History of the Niagara River
    Map of Historic Niagara, Showing the Principal Points of Interest in Connection with the History of the Niagara River
    Image       Made for Peter A. Porter. It outlines all the major historical sites for the War of 1812 in Niagara.
    Image     Made for Peter A. Porter. It outlines all the major historical sites for the War of 1812 in Niagara.
  • Georgian Bay Ship Canal Map: Pembroke to Des Joachims
    Georgian Bay Ship Canal Map: Pembroke to Des Joachims
    Image       Line map of the canal system drawn in bluish coloured ink, outlines routes along the Ottawa River between Pembroke and the rapids at Des Joachims. The left-hand side of the map has very prominent ink blotches and finger prints made from the same colour of ink as the map itself. …
    Image     Line map of the canal system drawn in bluish coloured ink, outlines routes along the Ottawa River between Pembroke and the rapids at Des Joachims. The left-hand side of the …
    Petawawa Public Library
  • Georgian Bay Ship Canal Map: Des Joachims to Pembroke
    Georgian Bay Ship Canal Map: Des Joachims to Pembroke
    Image       "Traced by members of Deep River Y.C. from photographic copy of original Dept. of Public Works chart. Supplemented from 1" Survey Maps and from personal experience."
    Image     "Traced by members of Deep River Y.C. from photographic copy of original Dept. of Public Works chart. Supplemented from 1" Survey Maps and from personal experience."
    Petawawa Public Library
  • Map: Laura Secord’s Route from Queenston to Beaverdams
    Map: Laura Secord’s Route from Queenston to Beaverdams
    Image       A handwritten map of Laura Secord’s route from Queenston to Beaverdams during the War of 1812. There is also a short history of the map itself included. It is black ink on three pieces of cream paper. It is believed that this map was made for Mrs. Curzon when writing …
    Image     A handwritten map of Laura Secord’s route from Queenston to Beaverdams during the War of 1812. There is also a short history of the map itself included. It is black …
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