Canada (1970)

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Reference Map Series, 1961 to 2010, is a general reference map of Canada is a photo-reduction of another map produced in 1970, which was at a scale of 1:8 870 400 or 140 miles to the inch. The map use colour in each province and territory, There is a dense network of railways shown, but a much sparser highway network. Although the legend does not indicate size classes for the many populated places shown on the map, it is clear that these are differentiated by population size by means of different townstamps and different-sized type for the names. The map has a dense network of drainage features, and a dense set of names for these, and for geographical features such as islands. Data reflects usage as of the late 1960s. | Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Reference Map Series, 1961 to 2010, is a map of Canada is at a scale of 1:15 840 000 or 250 miles to the inch. It was produced by Surveys and Mapping Branch of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada [now Natural Resources Canada.] The map has land areas in black and white and marine areas in blue. The map names major places, has some drainage and shows the main railways.

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Last Updated January 16, 2026, 20:42 (UTC)
Created January 16, 2026, 20:42 (UTC)
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