Main entry:

MacGregor, James Grierson, 1905-

Title & Author:

Vision of an ordered land : the story of the Dominion land survey / J.G. MacGregor.

Publication:

Saskatoon, Sask. : Western Producer Prairie Books, ©1981.

Description:

xiii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.
1.Riel Rebellion hampers survey. -- 2. Manitoba's 1871 surveys. -- 3. Modest progress -- 4. Special survey. -- 6. Earliest Saskatchewan interconnected surveys. -- 6. Extension over Southern plains. -- 7. The record breaking year. -- 8. The 1885 Rebellion. -- 9. DLS survey carried to Pacific Coast. -- 10. Ogilvie and the Yukon. -- 11. Irrigation, Selkirk range, and Yukon boundary. -- 12. Northwesterly base lines. -- 13. Alberta-British Columbia boundary. -- 14. The far north and the Alaska Highway.

Summary:

Account of the surveying of the prairies and Alaska-Yukon border under the Dominion Lands System.

ISBN:

0888330715 (pbk.)
9780888330710 (pbk.)

Subject:

Surveying Public lands Northwest, Canadian History.
Surveyors Northwest, Canadian History.
Arpentage Terres publiques Canada (Nord-Ouest) Histoire.
Géomètres Canada (Nord-Ouest) Histoire.
Cartographie Canada (Nord-Ouest) Histoire.
Terres publiques Arpentage Nord-Ouest canadien Histoire.
Géomètres Nord-Ouest canadien Histoire.
Surveying Public lands.
Surveyors.
Nord-Ouest canadien Levés Histoire.
Canada Canadian Northwest.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 14465
Call No.: 8554 CAN; ID:87-B15381
Status: Available