A plan of the Erie and Ontario Junction, or Welland Canal, for the purpose of uniting the great Lakes in Canada by a navigable communication round the Falls of Niagara, with a map of the adjacent territory

Abstract

Historical map showing the Niagara Peninsula with proposed routes for the First Welland Canal, feeder canals, township boundaries, rivers, creeks, forts, escarpment.

Relief shown pictorially.

Accompanied by text: Circular addressed to Mr. Josiah Brown, Feb. 23, 1826, regarding newspaper subscription.

NMC-3005.

Reproduction.

Stamp on verso of Map Library's copy: "National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada, Sep 23 1971" Handwritten on verso: H3/407-1826.

Described in: Mapping Upper Canada, 1780-1867 / Joan Winearls. 1991. Reference no.: 732 (2)