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Plan of Truro Town Lots, 1866
Plan of Truro Town Lots, 1866
Item · 1866
Map of downtown Truro showing intersection of Prince and Outram Streets with proposed subdivision of Dr. John Waddell property lying between Prince Street and the Pictou Railway line. Includes lots with measurements and some businesses. Surveyed by Isaac N. Archibald, P. D. Surveyor, County of Colchester, March 29, 1866. 2019.9.1
Plan of 20 Acres to Alexander Matheson, 1866
Plan of 20 Acres to Alexander Matheson, 1866
Item · 1866
Part of Frank Patterson Collection
Original hand drawn map showing 20 acres described in words and plan for Alexander Matheson, Merchant in Colchester County, NS. Other surnames include Williamson, Pride, Carrie. Also shows Road to New Annan and Road to Truro. Surveyed by Robert L. Byers, Deputy Surveyor, New Annan, April 6, 1866. 1999.94.19
Plan of Lots along Road to Tatamagouche
Plan of Lots along Road to Tatamagouche
Item · 1867
Part of Frank Patterson Collection
Original hand drawn map showing roads from Truro to Tatamagouche, both old and new. Also includes road to Farm Lake, Farm Lake, Whippy Lake, Black Lake, lots of surnames: Patterson, King, McKeen, Kennedy and others. 1999.94.41
Grant Map, East Folly Mountain, 1868
Grant Map, East Folly Mountain, 1868
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
Map of Pictou County, Coal Mining Areas, 1868
Map of Pictou County, Coal Mining Areas, 1868
Item · 1868
Map showing Pictou County mining areas including Nova Scotia Coal Co., Acadia Coal Co., Intercolonial Coal Mining Co., Halifax Company, Montreal & Pictou Co., East River Coal Co., Montreal & New Glasgow Coal Co., Pictou Mining Co., Vale Coal Iron & Mfg Co., and Mitchell & Barton's area. Undated, but research revealed Montreal & New Glasgow Colliery opened at Coal Brook and operated for one year only - 1868, therefore its inclusion on this map seems to date it closely to this time period. See novascotia.ca/archives/meninmines/timeline. Drawn by George Hattie, Land Surveyor. Printed by Barlan Desbarats Litho. Company, Montreal. 2019.5.1
Tatamagouche Harbour showing Channel
Tatamagouche Harbour showing Channel
Item · [1870]
Original hand drawn map showing Tatmagouche (sic) Harbour, muddy flats dry at low tide, soundings at low water, Mingo's Wharf, Patterson's Wharf, Campbell's Saw Mill and Wharf, Bridge over the French River, New Government Wharf, Sand Point, Block House Point, Ingles Marsh. Ordinary rise of spring tides 6 feet 1 inch. No name of creator nor date. 2003.7.2
Plan of Messers Staples Farms in Onslow, 1871
Plan of Messers Staples Farms in Onslow, 1871
Item · 1871
Original hand drawn map which shows the property boundaries of land to be divided between 4 sons - James, William, Wilson and John Staples - heirs of William Staples Sr. of Onslow, NS., 1871.Edward Higgins, Thomas Chisholm and Alexander Barnhill state and witness that they were asked to divide the land between the 4 sons (presumably to settle an estate). 2011.81.1
Cobequid Lodge No. 37 Certificate
Cobequid Lodge No. 37 Certificate
Item · 1872
Original reproduction certificate issued to J. L. Peppard. Certifies that, "...he having expressed a desire to withdraw from the Lodge, is fully paid and has complied with the requirements, his leave is therefore granted." Signed at Truro, October 14, 1872. 2019.20.1