74 - Historical Watershed Boundary Maps

The Historical Watershed Boundary Maps consists of the watersheds printed colour maps within Alberta that were delineated as part of the Phase 3 Forest Inventory program. The maps have been scanned in black and white as well as colour. This product can be viewed on a computer, printed or plotted in part or in whole. All available maps are provided in Adobe PDF and Tif format sorted by the National Topographic System (NTS) 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 blocks within downloadable WinZip files. This series is not updated and contains a range of publication dates and scales. Approximately 2/3 of the series is currently available. the rest of the Historical Watershed Boundary Maps are missing. These will be scanned and added to the collection if they become available. These maps are not available as geo-referenced rectified images or GIS-ready data.

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Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 17:51 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 17:51 (UTC)
contact_email	pgc.metadata@gov.ab.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Environment and Parks", "fr": "Environment and Parks"}
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data_dictionary	["environment", "geoscientific_information"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	federated
open_canada_date_published	2017-05-31 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["-CANADA", "1-250-000-SCALE-MAPS", "1-50-000-SCALE-MAPS", "ALBERTA", "BASIN-SUBDIVISION", "COLOUR", "DRAINAGE-BASIN", "GEOSCIENTIFICINFORMATION", "HISTORICAL", "IMAGERYBASEMAPSEARTHCOVER", "INLANDWATERS", "MAJOR-RIVER-BASIN", "MINOR-WATERSHED", "MONOCRHOME", "OCEAN-DRAINAGE", "STATIC-MAP-IMAGES", "SUB-WATERSHED", "WATERSHED"], "fr-t-en": ["-CANADA", "CARTES À L'ÉCHELLE 1 À 250 000", "CARTES À L'ÉCHELLE DE 1 À 50 000", "ALBERTA", "LOTISSEMENT DE BASSIN", "COULEUR", "BASSIN DE DRAINAGE", "INFORMATIONS GÉOSCIENTIFIQUES", "HISTORIQUE", "COUVERTURE TERRESTRE DES CARTES DE BASE IMAGÉES", "EAUX INTÉRIEURES", "BASSIN FLUVIAL MAJEUR", "BASSIN VERSANT MINEUR", "MONOCHROME", "DRAINAGE DES OCÉANS", "IMAGES-CARTOGRAPHIQUES STATIQUES", "SOUS-BASSIN VERSANT", "BASSIN VERSANT"]}
open_canada_subject	["nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency	irregular