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Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines.

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Document identity
localId
3b595p67x
label
South end of Lake Huron and head of the St. Clair River
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3b595p67x
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
South end of Lake Huron and head of the St. Clair River
description
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
date
["[1893]"]
year
1893
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017410
creators
U.S. Lake Survey
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Barney, Joshua, 1799 or 1800-1867
Dougal, William H., 1822-1895
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)--Maps
Saint Clair River (Mich. and Ont.)--Maps
Nautical charts--Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)
Nautical charts--Saint Clair River (Mich. and Ont.)
subjectsGeographic
Huron, Lake
North and Central America
Saint Clair River
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Nautical charts
typeOfResource
Cartographic
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington, D.C.]
publisher
[Survey of the Lakes]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
44.5
schema:longitude
-82
extent
1 map ; 69 x 67 cm
notes
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
At head of title: Survey of the northern and north western lakes, made in obedience to acts of Congress and under the direction of the Bureau of Topographical Engineers of the War Department.
Inset: Head of St. Clair River showing the anchorage ground.
Includes: Water table -- Sailing directions -- Dangers to be avoided, American coast -- Canadian coast -- Harbors, anchorages & c -- Note -- Magnetic declinations -- Note.
Also shows railroads and other points of interest along the shoreline.
"Aids to navigation corrected to November 1, 1886."
Stamped in lower margin: Aids to navigation corrected from information received to Sep 29 1893.
Notes issued 1893 and 1894 tipped on in upper right corner.
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dcId
3b595p67x
type
map
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