Recherche dans la collection - The Ottawa and Columbia Railway and Great International Telegraph, George Remington, Civil Engineer. January 31st, 1863. [cartographic material]

This map of the world show the route of a proposed railway from Ottawa to British Columbia and an international telegrah line connecting with the railway in British Columbia and extending to Europe via Alaska, the Bering Strait, and Russia. An alternative route via the Aleutian Island is also shown. The map and a prospectus for the Ottawa and Columbia Great International Telegraph Company were included in a letter from George Remington to the Duke of Newcastle, Colonial Secretary of Great Britain. Remington saw the overland line as the only alternative means to connect Europe and America after the failure of the first Atlantic cable in 1858. An American, Perry M. Collins, had promoted a similar scheme and as early as 1862 had sought co-operation from the government of Russia.
This map is from C.O. 6/38, p. 469 on microfilm reel # B-3019. See also: H3/10000/1864, H3/10000/[1865](1855), H3/600/1874.

The microfiche version is NMC8184