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Mountain Cartography Workshop Banff, Alberta, Canada 2014 BackBone Cartographics WHERE MAPS ARE MADE Michael J. Fisher Cartographer Mountain Cartography Topographical Survey of Canada Forty Mile Creek Sheet - 1890 Ronald

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Mountain Cartography Workshop

  • Banff, Alberta, Canada

2014

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BackBone Cartographics

WHERE MAPS ARE MADE

  • Michael J. Fisher Cartographer
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Mountain Cartography

  • Topographical Survey of Canada

Forty Mile Creek Sheet - 1890

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Ronald Whistance -Smith

1935 - 2003

Map Curator University of Alberta

1973 - 1994

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“Canadian Photographic Surveys in the Rocky Mountains”

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Édouard - Gaston Deville

Topographical Survey of Canada

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  • Trans. R.S.C., 1893
  • Topographic Surveys Branch

Department of the Interior

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Sabiston Lithographic & Publishing Company Montreal

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1:40,000

Contours Intervals 100ft

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Triangulation by W.S. Drewry D.L.S. Topography by J.J. McArthur D.L.S.

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“On the evening of 30th August we pitched our camp on the summit of the Sawback Range above timber line. Next morning we made the ascent of a mountain to the right of the pass, the weather being exceptionably fine; but in the afternoon it began to rain and as night came on the rain changed to sleet.”

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“When we looked out on the morning of 1st September the snow lay one foot deep and it was snowing. The scene was one

  • f arctic desolation.”
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“After dinner it cleared and we made a trip to the lake and caught two dozen trout which proved a welcome addition to our bill of fare.”

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“We experienced great difficulty in completing our work in this neighbour-

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and the deep snow on the mountain slopes made climbing very fatiguing.”

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“Flying snow clouds frequently obscured the landscape and compelled us to remain for hours (half frozen) on the summit.”

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