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Geological Survey of Canada

Geological Survey of Canada
Report of Progress from its Commencement to 1863

Report of Progress from its Commencement to 1863


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The Geological Survey of Canada's large Geology of Canada (officially titled: Report of Progress from its Commencement to 1863) and its companion volume, Atlas of Maps and Sections, provide a broad synthesis of the work done by William E. Logan and the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) from the beginnings of the GSC until 1863.

The report was named by the Literary Review of Canada as one of the 100 most important Canadian books ever written.

You can read the report, along with other related documents at Written in Stone: William E. Logan and the Geological Survey of Canada (Library and Archives Canada).




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Geological map of the British provinces and part of the United States

Geological map of the British provinces and part of the United States
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Map of the surficial deposits in Canada

Map of the surficial deposits in Canada
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Related links

  • MIRAGE
    GSC maps in digital form (includes historical maps as far back as 1856)
http://cgc.rncan.gc.ca/hist/1863_e.php