Chart of Lake Winnipeg, 1903

This is the first chart to be surveyed, printed and published in Canada. The Canadian Hydrographic Service (the name chosen in 1928) is responsible for conducting surveys of the Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba, the St. Lawrence River, the Ottawa River and the three ocean fronts of Canada, which has more coastline than any other country in the world.

Catalogue entry:
Canada. Dept. of Marine and Fisheries.
Lake Winnipeg, Red River to Berens River / from Geological Survey map with soundings added by Mr. W.J. Stewart ; drawn by F. Anderson. — Scale [ca. 1:250 000]. — Ottawa : Dept. of Marine and Fisheries, Feb. 1903. — 1 map : col. ; 94 x 62 cm, on sheet 102 x 68 cm. —

Ref. No.: NMC 043301