Map Collection:
Railway Theme


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1. Stage Lines - 1880's
2. Proposed Trans Canada Railway Routes
3. The Region in 1886
4. Railways in 1888
5. Railways in the 1880's
6. Railways in the 1890's
7. Settlement 1891
8. Southwestern Manitoba 1900
9. Railways 1900
10. Elevators in 1917
11. Railways 1900 - 1909
12. The Region in 1918
13. The Region in 1930
14. Manitoba Roads 1924
15. Railways 1935




Map 1. SW Mb. 1880's



Southwestern Manitoba in the 1880's


By Section, Township & Range, Studies in Prairie Settlement, John Langton Tyman
Brandon University, 1972   P 48

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Map 2. C.P.R. Routes





A Route For the CPR: The Alternatives

By Section, Township & Range, Studies in Prairie Settlement, John Langton Tyman
Brandon University, 1972   P 34

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Map 3. 1886



Manitoba and the Northwest Territories of Canada Showing the Lines and Land Grant of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1886)

Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Manitoba and the Northwest Territories of Canada Showing the Lines and Land Grant of the Canadian Pacific Railway [map]. Scale not given. In: Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Manitoba the Canadian North-West : Testimony of Actual Settlers. [Montreal]: Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 1886.

The Company's lands in part consist of the odd-numbered sections in the belt colored green, the remaining sections being Government Homestead Lands.

Image Courtesy of University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections

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Map 4. Railway Progress - 1888



Railways - Real and Imagined 1888

By Section, Township & Range, Studies in Prairie Settlement, John Langton Tyman
Brandon University, 1972   P 215

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Map 5. Railway Progress 1889






Railway Construction in Southwest Manitoba 1881- 1922

By Section, Township & Range, Studies in Prairie Settlement, John Langton Tyman
Brandon University, 1972   P 52-53

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Map 6. The Region ca. 1893



Railway Construction in Southwest Manitoba 1881- 1922

By Section, Township & Range, Studies in Prairie Settlement, John Langton Tyman
Brandon University, 1972   P 52-53

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M7. Settlement 1893



1893 Provincial Map Showing Counties

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Map of the Province of Manitoba Showing the Division into Provincial Counties (1893)

Dawson, S. E. Map of the Province of Manitoba Showing the Division into Provincial Counties [map]. Scale not given. In: S. E. Dawson. Description of the Province of Manitoba Compiled and Arranged from the Field-notes, Plans and Reports of Dominion Land Surveyors, and Published Reports of the Geological Survey, Canadian Pacific Railway Surveys, and Other Official Reports. Ottawa: 1893.

Image Courtesy of University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections


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Map 8. 1900



Map of Manitoba (1900)


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Bulman Bros. & Co. Map of Manitoba Published by Authority of the Provincial Government Winnipeg, April, 1900 [map]. 1:760,320. Winnipeg: Manitoba Department of Agriculture and Immigration, 1900.

Map shows Railways (constructed and projected), Railway Stations, Grain Elevators and Warehouses, Schools, Post Offices, Provincial Lands, Municipal Boundaries, Trails & Colonization Roads.

Other Signees: John Dewise, Minister of Agriculture & Immigration.


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Map 9.  Railway Progress 1900




Railway Construction as of 1899

Scanned from "Brandon: A City", by G.F. Barker 1977,  p56

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Map 10. Elevators 1917



Manitoba Section of Map Showing Elevators in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta (7th, ed. 1917)

Canada Natural Resources Intelligence Branch. [Manitoba Section of Map Showing Elevators in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta] [map]. 7th ed. 1:1,584,000. [Ottawa]: Dept. of the Interior, 1917.

Elevators and Milling capacities complied from records of the Inspection Branch of the Department of Trade and Commerce, and other available sources. Legend shows rail routes (in operation and under construction) of Canadian Pacific Railway (Blue), Canadian Northern (Green) Grand Trunk Pacific (Red) and Other Railways (Black). Elevator capacities are given in bushels under each name in the respective colour of the road on which they are located.

Note: Department of the Interior Canada. Honourable W.J. Roche, Minister. W.W. Cory, Deputy Minister. Map prepared in the Natural Resources Intelligence Branch under the direction of F.C.C. Lynch, Superintendent.

Source: University of Manitoba : Elizabeth Dafoe Library : Map Collection

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Map 11. 1909 Rail Lines





Railway Construction in Southwest Manitoba 1881- 1922

By Section, Township & Range, Studies in Prairie Settlement, John Langton Tyman
Brandon University, 1972   P 52-53

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Map 12. (1918)



Manitoba 1918

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Scarborough’s Map of Manitoba Canada South Sheet (1918)

Scarborough Company of Canada Ltd. [Scarborough’s Map of Manitoba Canada South Sheet] [map]. Scale not given. [Regina]: Scarborough Company of Canada Ltd., 1918.

Map shows Organized Municipal Divisions, Judicial Districts, County Court Divisions, Land Registration Districts, Highways, Railways and Electric Railways. There is also a list of Post Offices and Stations in Manitoba. Finally an inset is included titled Map of the Province of Manitoba Showing the Complete Area and all Railway Lines.

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Map 13. Manitoba 1930



Southern Manitoba (1930)

Canada Natural Resources Intelligence Branch. Southern Manitoba [map]. 1:1,584,000. In: Canada . Dept. of Immigration and Colonization. Canada West. Ottawa: Canada . Dept. of Immigration and Colonization, 1930.

Shows Railways and Natural Resources.

Image Courtesy of University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections

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1. The St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway (1880)

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company. The St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway [map]. Scale not given. [Minneapolis]: [St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company], 1880.

A. Manvel (General Manager, St. Paul, Minn.) W.S. Alexander (General Freight and Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn.) H.C. Davis, (Assistant General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn.)

Image Courtesy of University of Manitoba : Archives & Special Collections

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Map 14, Roads 1924




Road Map 1924 


Automobile Road Map of Manitoba (1924)

Emmett, A.C. Automobile Road Map of Manitoba [map]. 1:760,320. Winnipeg: Stovel Company Ltd., 1924.

Image Courtesy of University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections
(Morris Block fonds, MSS 207, A.05-43)

www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/com...

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Map 15. Rail Lines 1935



Rail Lines in 1935: Scanned from "Brandon: A City", by G.F. Barker 1977.  p284

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