Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Historical Maps (Quebec)

Question
I received a question recently asking about "maps of Quebec from 1800-1850 primarily of the eastern townships (east of Montreal) ideally that corresponds with census data from 1825, 1831, 1841."

I found the following on the LAC site, but I just want to be sure that I'm not missing anything.

1825: Library and Archives Canada's (LAC's) site for the 1825 Census for Lower Canada: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1825/Pages/about-census.aspx. There is a sub-page for Districts and Sub-districts at http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1825/Pages/districts.aspx. This includes a map, along with a list of all the districts and sub-districts. According to the metadata for this map at http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=4127087 it is from 1835.

1831: Library and Archives Canada's site for the 1831 Census for Lower Canada: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1831/Pages/about-census.aspx. There is a sub-page for Districts and Sub-districts at http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1831/Pages/census-districts-sub-districts.aspx. They are using the same map as above.

1841: There doesn't seem to be an 1841 Census on the LAC site, but they have a 1842 Census for Canada East (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1842-Canada-East/Pages/about-census.aspx) and West (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1842-canada-west/Pages/about-census.aspx). Both seem to use this map: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1842-canada-west/Pages/census-districts-sub-districts.aspx, which is from 1855. 
 The resolution of this map isn't great, but I also found it in the David Ramsey Map Collection at http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~228305~5507616:Canada-East-And-West#.

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