Cramahe Archives Digital Collection

Cramahe Township map detail, Smith's Canadian gazetteer: comprising statistical and general information respecting all parts of the Upper Province, or Canada West, 1846

Description
Creator
Smith, William Henry; Toronto: Published for the author, by H. & W. Rowsell
Media Type
Publication
Image
Item Type
Maps
Description
Map, detail of Cramahe Township then identified as a part of Newcastle District - IX (screenshot) from "Smith's Canadian gazetteer : comprising statistical and general information respecting all parts of the Upper Province, or Canada West: distance tables; government and district officers and magistrates in each district; list of post offices, with their distances from some of the principal towns; stage and steamboat fares; principal hotels and taverns; rates of toll on the Welland Canal and some of the principal harbours; lists of exports; quantity of Crown lands for sale in each township; names and addresses of land agents and forwarders; the leading features of each locality as regards soil, climate, & c., with the average value of land. With a mass of other desirable and useful information for the man of business, traveller, or emigrant ... With a map of the Upper Province, compiled expressly for the work, in which are laid down all the towns and principal villages"

A complete digital copy of this directory can be found at https://archive.org/details/smithscanadianga00smit_0/mode/2up and can also be accessed by using the link on the right of this page. The search box on their website has a high degree of accuracy but is not infallible.
Notes
(There appears to be little difference in content between the 1846 edition and 1849 edition of this publication - except the available online 1849 copy did not have a map).

Cramahe Archives does not hold the original item in its archives, but has a digital image.
Date of Original
1846
Subject(s)
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 44.00012 Longitude: -77.8828
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Copyright Holder
Copyright, public domain: Cramahe Township Public Library owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image.
Contact
Cramahe Township Public Library
Email:cramlib@cramahetownship.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
6 King Street West
PO Box 190
Colborne, ON K0K 1S0
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