File:Six manuscript maps showing places on Lake Ontario in southern Canada, the Niagara River and along the St. Lawence River (IA McGillLibrary-rbsc map G3461-S3-1832-S59-19243).pdf

6 manuscript maps ; 20 x 13 cm

Six manuscript maps in ink drawn on note paper, copied from John M. Duncan's 1823 travel book: Travels through part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819, volume 2. They include some information about the size of towns and villlages, distance between towns, the geography of the area with some notes on vegetation

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The sketches of maps are are identical to John M Duncan's 1823 book, but there are added labels and annotations

No. 1. Lake Ontario - York: No. 1. annotations about distances from York to Niagara, Kingston, Brandtford; 70 miles to Brandtford has been corrected in pencil to 60 miles; annotations about size and population of York; annotations about size and population of Brandtford

No. 2. Buffalo, Falls of Niagara, Lake Ontario: original label "Chippawa" expanded to "Creek, village & fort Chippawa"; annotations about Buffalo; annotations about width of channel; annotations about size and population of Grand Island; annotations about Queenston Heights

No. 3. Goat Island - Falls of Niagara: annotations about dimensions of British Fall and American Fall; annotations about Goat Island; annotations about Laddder; observations about seeing spray from the Falls from Lake Erie, and about a part of Table Rock that broke off in July or August

No. 4. Kingston: added labels to map: Fort Henry, Wolf Island, Cape St. Vincent, Chaumont, Pillar Point, Grenadier Island, Gallops Island, Stoney Island, Stoney Point, Naples; detailed annotations about navigating the river at this point of the journey

No. 5. Montreal - St. Lawrence: significant annotations about distances and navigation of the river

No. 6. St. Lawrence - Quebec: annotations about distances from Quebec to Wolf's Cove, Fall of Montmorency, Beauport Village & River, Lorette, Bank of River St. Charles; annotations about the height of the flagstaff of the citadel on Cape Diamond at common high tide and spring tide; annotations about size of Beauport and the height of Fall of Montmorenci

Maps appear in John M. Duncan's 1823 book Travels through part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819, Volume 2: no. 1, p. 109 -- no. 2, page 30 -- no. 3, page 36 -- no. 4, page 112 -- no. 5, page 148 -- no. 6, page 174

Subjects: Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps.; Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps.; Saint Lawrence River -- Maps.; Thousand Islands (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps.; McGill University Library Digitized Title; Large Scale Digitization Initiative Batch 19; Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps; Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps; Saint Lawrence River -- Maps; Thousand Islands (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps; Lake Ontario; North America -- Niagara River; North America -- Saint Lawrence River; North America -- Thousand Islands