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Title: A General Map of the Routes in British North America Explored by the Expedition Under Captain Palliser, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860.:
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: A map of Canada created by famous geographer John Palliser. In the central part of the map, Palliser has labelled the Prairies as "The Great Plains." He describes the region: "Soil poor, herbage scanty, no wood except on Northern exposures."
Date Created: 1865
Call Number: Map 610ate 1860, spcoll:8406

Title: A Map of Canada Compiled from the Latest Authorities by Edward Staveley, civ. engr.
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: A mid-nineteenth century map of Canada by Civil Engineer Edward Staveley, engraved by W. & A.K. Jonhston, geographers and engravers to the Queen, Edinburgh. Edited by Armour and Ramsay, Montreal. The map contains five insets: Island of Montreal, Quebec and its Environs with the Operations of the Siege of 1759 under Wolfe, Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara, Kingston and its Environs, and Toronto and its Environs. Visual scale [92 mm = 100 British Miles].
Date Created: 185-
Call Number: OS-X2 Map 610 a 185-

Title: British North America By Permission Dedicated to The Honorable Hudsons Bay Company: Containing the latest information which their documents furnish. By their Obedient Servants
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: A nineteenth-century map of British North America, shown in yellow. Rupert's Land is shown in green. Border with the United States is delineated with red. Published in London by J. Arrowsmith in1854. Relief shown by hachures. Prime Meridian; Greenwich.
Date Created: 1854-04-25
Call Number: OS-X2 Map 610 a 1854