Description: A map from 1898 of the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador. "So much snow falls on the western highland of Canada that the higher parts of the mountain ranges abound in glaciers. Nearly all the large rivers which rise in this region flow from the melting ends of glaciers. Many of the snow–topped mountains have precipitous sides and their lower slopes are covered with heavy evergreen forests, so that this regions is noted for its scenery. [...]The coast of Labrador is mainly rough and rugged, but it contains many good harbors. The greater part of the plateau is bleak and unfit for cultivation. The northern coast of Canada is so cold that neither trees nor food plants can grow there. Farther south, a broad forest belt stretches entirely across the continent, though large parts of it have been injured by fire, In the southern part of this belt are valuable forests of pine and other building timber. Wheat and the hardier plants of the temperate zone ripen in southern Canada, though the winters are long and cold. The basin of the Saskatchewan is the chief wheat–growing region, and the peninsula between Lake Erie is a fruit and dairy region. In the cold, uninhabited regions of the north, caribu and fur–bearing animals are abundant. The coast fisheries of southern Canada are among the most extensive in the world. Cod, herring, and mackerel are the chief catch in the eastern, and salmon in the western coast waters. The mineral product is about equal in value to that of the fisheries. Gold, silver, and copper are mined in the western part, and coal in both east and west. Nickel also is a valuable mineral product. Although Canada is about as large as the United States, the population is not so great as that of New York state." &mdashRedway, 1898.
Place Names: Canada, Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Calgary, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Greenland, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Rocky Mountain
ISO Topic Categories: elevation,
oceans,
boundaries,
inlandWaters
Keywords: The Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, physical, political, transportation, historical, physical features,
topographical, country borders,
major political subdivisions, water routes, elevation,
oceans,
boundaries,
inlandWaters, Unknown,1898
Source: Jacques W. Redway and Russell Hinman, Natural Advanced Geography (New York, NY: American Book Company , 1898) 92
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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