1906 Eastern Canada Minerals Map
In 1906, Canadian geologists could describe the mineral wealth of the Dominion only as far as prospectors had actually walked. Drawn for the 1st Edition of the Atlas of Canada, this historical map makes that limitation part of the cartography: a single line runs across the sheet separating the partly prospected southern belt from the vast northern country the compilers considered virtually unprosecuted except along the valleys of the principal rivers.
South of that line, individual symbols mark deposits by mineral type, a shorthand legend that turns the sheet into a snapshot of what the young country believed it owned. Major cities, rivers, the large inland waters, and some of the railway systems of the period give the deposits their context, showing which finds sat within reach of a line and which did not.
Published by Natural Resources Canada and reproduced by Map Shop, it is available in the following formats:
- Paper
- Laminated
- Foam core mounted
- Railed
- Framed

