Our photo gallery contains a variety of digitized images representative of the diversity found among the 520 000 negatives in the Photo Collection of the Geological Survey of Canada. Numbers associated with the images are those assigned to the original negatives. The selection has been made from both historic and modern photographs relating to surveys and studies carried out by Survey scientists during the course of its 150 year history. The digitization of selected photographs is an ongoing project.

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	Portraits
	A Link to the Past
	Gems and rock specimens
	Ancient Creatures
	Our Dynamic Earth
	Geoscientists at Work

Images can be obtained from the Photo Collection for use in publications or research. The images contained in this archive are subject to Crown copyright guidelines and may only be downloaded or reproduced with written permission of the Geological Survey of Canada. Royalty fees must be negotiated for any use resulting in redistribution or resale. Permission may be obtained by contacting the Photo Collection, Earth Sciences Information Centre.

Schedule of Fees - Photo Media

We welcome your feedback. Please send any comments regarding this service or suggestions for photo selection to: esic.photo@nrcan.gc.ca.

The Map Gallery is composed of selected Geological Survey of Canada maps. The map images, presented in thumbnail form, are combined with web-based viewer technology, allowing the user to adjust the size of the image, zoom in, zoom out and pan the scanned document. Access to the images is done through the GEOSCAN database using a search interface, ensuring only records with scanned images are retrieved.

These map images resulted from a ResSources GSC project, known as MIRAGE.