| Marc Garneau, President of the Canadian Space
Agency and a member of the blue ribbon panel for bank note
design, suggested that the design of the back of the bank
note should celebrate the evolution of mapping in Canada.
For more than one hundred years, Natural Resources Canada
has been responsible for mapping Canada — a good reason
for the Bank of Canada to recommend that the Atlas of Canada
of Natural Resources Canada contribute to the development
and production of the new $100 bank note.
To illustrate Canada’s proud history of cartography
and cutting edge mapping technology, geographers and cartographers
from the Atlas of Canada developed a unique representation
of Canada. The background map from the Atlas of Canada is
surrounded by images of mapping methods. A historical map
created by Champlain and an image of a birch bark canoe represent
cartography’s beginnings. The RADARSAT satellite and
a Natural Resources Canada ground station illustrate the new
technologies of innovation and exploration.
Given the number of years that paper money stays in circulation,
the $100 bank note will be a visible, enduring and well traded
testament to Canada’s mapping history. |
