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Dominion Land Surveyors' diaries [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1881-1930.

Reference:

R214-73-0-E, RG88-A-4-a, RG88-A-4-b

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

142449

Context of this record:

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Natural Resources Canada fonds

Surveys and Mapping Branch sous-fonds

Office of the Surveyor General

Dominion Land Surveyors' diaries
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Date(s):

1881-1930.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.9 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of official diaries of Dominion Land Surveyors relating to surveys undertaken in Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and the NorthWest Territories.

For the most part the diaries concern the day to day activities of surveyors while on duty in the field. The details of the survey work are considerably amplified in the published reports of the Surveyor General which appeared annually in the report of the Department of the Interior.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid consist of volume number, file or diary number, title and outside dates, volume 491. Finding aid 88-4 is an unverified file list. The finding aid is available as a PDF attached to this record. 88-4 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/88-4_142449_vol_491_open.pdf

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Source of title:

Title based on contents of the sub-series.

Custodial history:

The Alberta diaries (vols. 441-470) were transferred to the Provincial Archives of Alberta in 1979 where they are maintained as they were organized at the National Archives of Canada. See Provincial Archives of Alberta accession number 79.27. All the diaries were transferred from the Legal Surveys and Aeronautical Charts, Surveys and Mapping Branch in 1959 and 1961., The survey diaries relating to lands transferred to Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia under the resource transfer agreement 1930 were turned over to the appropriate province by the Legal Surveys and Aeronautical Charts Division in 1959.

Source:

Government

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RG88-A-4-a
RG88-A-4-b
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG88] 491

[Consultation 90 Open]

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