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Item · after 1758
Hand drawn map showing the City and Harbour of Louisburg (after 1758), including buildings, raods, coastline, fortifications, troop details, inset of City and Gabarus Bay. Unknown creator and date. 87.12(i)
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Plan of location for Board Landing Bridge over the Salmon River, Colchester Co., NS. Shows the bank of the river and creek flowing into same on the south west side of the bridge. Distance about 3 miles from Truro, on the Parrsboro/Amherst highway. Unknown creator and date. 2012.17.8
Item · 1841
A plan of the settlement of River John and vicinity shows the area from Seafoam to Tatamagouche, including land grants and owner names as well as many details and waterways. 2017.32.1
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 Masstown Marsh, 1863
Item · 1863
Original map showing Masstown Marsh including roads, waterways and granted lots with grantee names and acreages.Coloured: green indicates upland and islands, yellow indicates drains, creeks and ponds, brown indicates roads, red indicates dykes.Made by Thos. Miller, Surveyor, on July 25, 1863. Copy made for made for James Campbell by A. W. McLelan on September 12, 1863. 92.358.28
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
Item · 1895
Original hand drawn map of lands belonging to the Estate of the Late Dr. William McCulloch, D.D., of Bible Hill, 1895. Includes Old Pictou Road, fence boundaries, neighboring properties, lands of Experimental Farm, buildings, and the north bank of the Salmon River. There is a red perimeter line drawn around the McCulloch estate. Drawn by W. H. Trumaine (?) E. E., Sept. 19, 1895. 2007.107.2
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 · 1901
An original hand drawn map of the New Marsh, Lower Village (aka: Lower Truro, Colchester County, NS), showing numbered lots of land with owner names and acreage. Shows New Dyke Road, Soley's Creek, Cobequid Bay, Savage's Island and existing marsh area. Whole area = 51 ac, 2 qrs, 38 rods. Surveyed by Edmund Archibald, Land Surveyor, August 14, 1901. 2005.41.1