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Commemorative Posters

125 Years of the Surveyor General's Office in 1996.

Poster - 125th anniversary of the Surveyor General's office

The front of the poster features the first two Surveyors General: J. S. Dennis and L. Russell. It also identifies the first surveyors employed to survey Dominion Lands. The back of the poster was created in 2000 from the commemorative booklet describing the history of the creation of the Surveyor General's Office. The front of the poster is also available in French.

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125th Anniversary of the creation of the Dominion Lands Township Survey System

Poster - 125th anniversary of the Dominion Lands Township Survey System

The front of the poster features a "typical" early township plan. The back of the poster was created in 2000 from the commemorative booklet describing the history of the creation of the township system.The front of the poster is also available in French.

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100th Anniversary of the creation of the Dawson City Survey Office in 1897

Poster Front - 100th anniversary of the Dawson City survey office

The front of this poster features a map of Dawson, a photograph of Thomas Fawcett, the surveyor in charge, photographs of the other staff surveyors and William Ogilvie, a photograph of Dawson and a photograph of the survey office.

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Poster Back - 100th anniversary of the Dawson City survey office (Back)

The back of this poster features a map of the access to Dawson, a biography of Thomas Fawcett and excerpts from Fawcett's reports concerning the problems in Dawson.

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125 Years of the Manual of Instructions (1996)

Poster - 125th anniversary of the first manual of instructions for the survey of Dominion Lands

This poster (front only) features excerpts from the first manual and identifies the dates of all the various editions of the manual.

Also available in French.

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100th Anniversary of the first survey of the Manitoba-Ontario Boundary in 1897

Poster Front - 100th anniversary of the Manitoba-Ontario boundary survey

The front of this poster features portions of the plan of the survey, photographs of the surveyors (E. Stewart and B. J. Saunders), reproductions of pages from their field books and a description of the survey.

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Poster Back - 100th anniversary of the Manitoba-Ontario boundary survey (Back)

The back of this poster features a map illustrating the changes to the location of the boundary, a history of the Ontario boundary dispute and biographies of Stewart and Saunders.

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100th Anniversary of the Survey of Bonanza and Eldorado Creeks of the Klondike Gold Rush by William Ogilvie in 1897

Poster Front - 100th anniversary of the survey of placer mining claims, Bonanza and Eldorado creeks, Klondike, Yukon Territory

The front features William Ogilvie, portions of his plans of the creeks, excerpts from his field books and three of his photographs.

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Poster Back - 100th anniversary of the survey of placer mining claims, Bonanza and Eldorado creeks, Klondike, Yukon Territory (Back)

The back contains a biography of Ogilvie, a map of the creeks near Dawson City, a reproduction of his report of the discovery of gold, a description of his surveys and a photograph of his survey crew.

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The front and back of this poster is available in French. A commercially printed doublesided poster (more yellow than the ink jet version) is also available.

125 Years of Surveyors General (1996)

Poster Front - 125th anniversary of the first Surveyor General of Dominion Lands

This poster (front only) features pictures of all the Surveyors General from 1871 to 1996 and identifies their dates in office of each one.

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125th Anniversary of Dominion Lands Township Surveys in the Rainy River District, Ontario

Poster Front - 125th Anniversary of Township Surveys in the Rainy River District

The front of the poster features a map depicting the township framework, outline and subdivision surveys. The townships within the framework surveyed by Ontario are also depicted.

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Poster Back - 125th Anniversary of Township Surveys in the Rainy River District

The back of the poster features a description of the surveys in the Rainy River area, biographies and photographs of the surveyors and a list of all the survey plans and field books produced in the surveys.

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