Proposed national atlas of Canada
- Publication
- The Geographical Journal
- Volume
- 107
- Pages
- 167–168
Canada · Version 1
1906–2026The review identifies James White as editor of the first Atlas of Canada, published in 1906, and states that a revised and enlarged second edition appeared ten years later. It describes the second edition’s eighty pages of maps and numerous statistical diagrams as generalized representations of relief, geology, minerals, population distribution and composition, railways, and boundaries; the largest-scale general maps were approximately 1:6.3 million, and most regional maps were at 1:2.2 million.
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Canada was among the first countries to produce a national atlas, with its initial edition published in 1906 and a revised and enlarged second edition in 1916. This article outlines a plan for a new comprehensive atlas, based on a committee established by the Canadian Social Science Research Council in 1943. Drawing on expert consultations and analyses of other national atlases, the author proposes a content framework grounded in specialized research, emphasizing the need for government-academic cooperation. The paper also provides a systematic review of federal and provincial mapping agencies and existing cartographic resources, including hydrographic, geological, and topographical surveys, as well as the National Topographic Series, serving as a foundational reference for atlas compilation.
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