Chart of Lake Ontario

Abstract

Historic map showing hydrological features of Lake Ontario. North is oriented to the top of the page. Sub-title text reads as follows: “Compiled from Surveys made by Capt. Owen & Lieut. Herbert, R.N. and Capt. A. Ford, U.S.N. with the Harbours and Ports of the Lake Surveyed by Edward M. Hodder, Esqre M.D. Commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.” Light houses are marked and a legend differentiates between lights that are white, red or revolving. Notations are made along the shore indicating geological materials of the water bed, such as: clay, stones, smooth rock, flat rock, and shoal. Islands, bays and points are also labelled. The Grand Trunk Railway runs along the north side of the lake and the Watertown and Rome Railway runs from north to south along the east side of the lake.

Multiple inset maps are provided, which include: Whitby Harbour, Presque’isle Harbour, Port of Oakville, Port Dalhousie, Port Darlington, Mouth of Niagara River, Toronto Harbour, Kingston Harbour, Sackett’s Harbour, Oswego Harbour, Port of Genesee, Big Sodus Bay, and Little Sodus Bay. There are also insets of Canals and ports, including: Burlington Bay Canal, Port of Oshawa, Port Hope, Cobourg, Pickering or Liverpool, and Port Ontario.

Authorship indicated: Edward M. Hodder; Lieut. William Herbert Fitz; Capt. A. Ford; and W. F. W. Owen. Lithographed, printed and published by W. C. Chewett & Co., Toronto.

Scale: No Scale Shown. Soundings are in feet.

Digital reproduction: Library and Archives Canada, National Map Collection: NMC-18910. Map image in JPEG format.

Georeferenced and modified by Map, Data and GIS Library, Brock University.

Described in: Mapping Upper Canada, 1780-1867 / Joan Winearls. 1991. Reference no.: 285.