Niagara, Sketch shewing the relative position of Forts Mississauga & Niagara
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Niagara
Fort Mississauga
Old Fort Niagara
Nigara Township
Niagara-on-the-Lake
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Historic map showing the mouth of the Niagara River at Lake Ontario. North is oriented to the bottom right. A dotted line running through the river shows the “Boundary between Canada & United States”. On the Canadian side of the river a small portion of Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake) is shown, from Ricardo Street to the shore. King Street and a few unmarked buildings are present. Further north-west is Fort Mississagua (sic). On the American side of the river Fort Niagara is shown. Mile notations are handwritten on the map within the river. The map was signed by the author in 1853. Relief is shown by shading.Authorship indicated: Charles Walkem.
Scale: 200 feet to 1 inch ; 1:2,400
Digital reproduction: Library and Archives Canada, National Map Collection: NMC-22533. 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.: 1703.
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