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Item · 1850
Original hand drawn map of "Follie Village, surveyed by me this 9th day of January 1850" by Donald Urquhart. Shows Colchester County land lots, owner names and directional measurements. Note: Map 2011.62.9 is very similar but has a few different names on the lots. Both maps were apparently done the same day by the same person. This map states, "This plan belongs to J. A. Fraser 2011.62.8
Item · 1850
Original hand drawn map of A Plan of Lands in Folly Village, surveyed by Donald Urquhart, Dep. Sur., January 9, 1850.Shows Colchester County land lots, owner names and directional measurements. Note: Map 2011.62.8 is very similar but has a few different names on the lots. Both maps were apparently done the same day by the same person. 2011.62.9
Amet Sound, Tatamagouche, NS
Item · 1893
Part of Frank Patterson Collection
Original hand drawn map showing Amet Sound, Tatamagouche Bay, Brule Harbour, John Bay, divided by county lines in red ink (Cumberland, Colchester and Pictou Counties). Also includes Main Roads to Tatamagouche and River John. 1999.94.48
Item · 1858
Original hand drawn map of the Back Lots of the Township of Truro, NS. Copied by Isreal Longworth March 7, 1858. Includes land grants and names of property owners, some roads, marshlands and waterways. 2019.38.1
Bay of Fundy
Item · 1863 - 1936
Bay of Fundy, Digby Gut to the Head of Navigation including bearings, heights, soundings, with insets of 8 lighthouses (illustrations), tidal information, charts, British Units, Avon River inset, CNR, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Chignecto Marine Transport railway, and towns along coastline.Surveyed by Captain P. F. Shortland, R.N., 1860, Engraved 1863 with corrections from the Canadian Government Chart of 1931 (small corrections 1933 - 1936). 88.68
Item · [1850]
Part of Frank Patterson Collection
Original hand drawn map showing Campbell's Estate as well as a lot of A. Patterson. Includes Church Burying Grounds, Blair's Stage Stables, Tatamagouche Harbour, French River and roads to New Annan, Durham & Wallace. No surveyor nor exact date recorded. 1999.94.20
Item · 1788
Map shows Truro Township along the Salmon River, including the first main roads of the Town. Includes grantee lots and owner names with inset of Birch Island in Upper Village. 93.40.1a
Enlarged Plan of Truro, 1838
Item · [1838]
Original hand drawn map shows early downtown Truro, "Sept. 9, 1838" appears in pencil as well as "44".Shows the first streets in Truro with placement of homes and homeowner names. Includes Salmon River, Bible Hill (center), Young's Road, Mill Race, Boyd's Brook, Parade Square, Gaol, Court House, and Churches. Several items seem to have been corrected: erased and moved in the same hand - perhaps this was a work in progress. Creator unknown. 2007.107.1
Item · 1868
Topographic map of East Folly Mountain area showing Wallace River, East Branch River, Pines Brook, Totten Brook, divided lots with owner names including Fleming, McLain, Slack, Forsyth, Patten, Crowell, Barnhill, Archibald, Duncan, McNutt and Faulkner. Drawn November 1868 by unknown person. 92.246.1
James McKenzie Plan
Item · [1830]
Part of Frank Patterson Collection
Original hand drawn map showing lands around the head of the West Branch of the French River at Tatamagouche. Surnames include Bell, Rev. William Patrick, Patterson and McKenzie. Surveyed by Charles Morris, Surveyor General, no date. 1999.94.11