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• Title:Report of progress on the explorations and surveys up to January, 1874.
  
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• Author/Creator:Fleming, Sandford, 1827-1915.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Horetzky, Charles, 1840-1900.
  Macoun, John, 1831-1920.
  Smith, Marcus, 1815-1904.
  Rowan, J. H. (James H.)
  Moberly, Walter, 1832-1915.
  Palmer, H. Spencer (Henry Spencer), 1838-1893.
  Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820.
  Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil, 1824-1902.
  Vancouver, George, 1757-1798.
  Canada. Department of Public Works.
  Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection.
  
• Published/Created:Ottawa, Printed by MacLean, Roger & co., 1874.
  

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  • Call Number: HE2810.C26 F5
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: HE2810.C26 F5
    
  • Number of Items:14
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:text + maps
    
    

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  • Call Number: HE2810.C26 F5
    
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  • Location Has:sheet no.8
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
  Canada--Description and travel.
  
• Description:xi pages, 2 leaves, 286 (that is, 294) pages, 16 folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm. + 1 case (7 maps ; 26 x 17 cm.)
  
• Additional formats:Also available online.
  
• Notes:At head of title: Canadian Pacific railway. Sandford Fleming, engineer-in-chief.
  Six pages (34.1-34.6) and 1 leaf follow page 34.
  "Sheets," or plates, no. 8, 10-11, 13-16 were issued later than the report in a case lettered: Canadian Pacific railway, Sandford Fleming, engineer-in-chief. Maps and charts to accompany Report on the explorations and surveys up to January, 1874.
  Report made to Alexander Mackenzie, minister of public works.
  Report made to Alexander Mackenzie, minister of public works.
  
• Contents:Sheet no. 1. Diagram shewing general profile across the Rocky Mountain zone, route no. 1, Burrard Inlet on the Pacific Coast by Nicola Lake and Coquilhalla Valley to a point near Fort Edmonton on N. Saskatchewan River
  Sheet no. 2. Diagram shewing general profile across the Rocky Mountain zone, route no. 2, Burrard Inlet on the Pacific Coast to a point near Fort Edmonton on N. Saskatchewan River
  Sheet no. 3. Diagram shewing general profile across the Rocky Mountain zone, route no. 3, Howe Sound on the Pacific Coast to a point near Fort Edmonton on N. Saskatchewan River
  Sheet no. 4. Diagram shewing general profile across the Rocky Mountain zone, route no. 4, Bute Inlet on the Pacific Coast to a point near Fort Edmonton on N. Saskatchewan River
  Sheet no. 5. Diagram shewing approximate general profile across the Rocky Mountain zone, route no. 5, Bute Inlet on the Pacific Coast by Blue River to a point near Fort Edmonton on N. Saskatchewan River
  Sheet no. 6. Diagram shewing approximate general profile across the Rocky Mountain zone, route no. 6, Bute Inlet on the Pacific Coast by the North Fraser River to a point near Fort Edmonton on the N. Saskatchewan River
  Sheet no. 7. Diagram shewing approximate general profile across the Rocky Mountain zone, route no. 7, from Bentinck North Arm on the Pacific Coast to a point of Fort Edmonton
  Sheet no. 9. Canadian Pacific Railway profiles of general gradients between Lake Manitoba and points near Lake Nipissing. Sheet 8. Map of the country, within the Rocky Mountain zone, shewing the several routes surveyed, explored and projected
  Sheet 10. Map of the country between the provinces of Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba
  Sheet 11. Diagrams relating to navigation of the lakes and rivers of the prairie region
  Sheet 13. Chart of Thunder Bay, Lake Superior
  Sheet 14. Chart of Nepigon Bay
  Sheet 15. Plans of the rivers Kaministiquia and Nepigon
  Sheet 16. Chart of the coast of British Columbia between the 51st and 55th parallels of north latitude. Appendices: A. Expedition across the continent, notes on the character of the country.
  B. Peace river expedition, by Charles Horetzkey.
  C. Botanical report, Lake Superior to the Pacific ocean, by John Macoun.
  D. General instructions to the staff.
  E. Progress report on survey in British Columbia, 1872, by Marcus Smith.
  F. Progress report on surveys in eastern section, by J.H. Rowan.
  G. Detail report of operations in the Rocky mountains, by Walter Moberly.
  H. Detail report on survey in the woodland region, 1873, by J.H. Rowan..
  K. Special report on passes through Cascade and Rocky mountain chains, by Marcus Smith.
  L. Extracts from report on North Bentinck Arm route through Cascade mountains, by H.S. Palmer.
  M. Extracts for Sir Alexander Mackenzie's Journal.
  N. Extracts from Vancouver's Voyage of discovery.
  O. Navigation of lakes and rivers in the prairie region, by A.R.C. Selwyn.
  P. Winter climate of the Rocky mountains by Walter Moberly.
  Q. Loss of life on the survey, by S. Fleming.