Information about McMaster's Map Collections - Members
of the Hamilton Community and visitors welcome
- Maps
and atlases may be borrowed for short periods for teaching
and classroom presentations
- Requests for loans
should be made at least 24 hours in advance, to allow time for laminating
- Interlibrary
loan of maps can be arranged directly through the Curator
- Interlibrary
loan of atlases can be arranged through the Library's Interlending and Document
Supply Section
Rare
Maps | Topographic Maps
| General Maps | Atlases
| Geology and Soils | Environmental
Studies | Historic Maps | Recreation
Genealogy | Air
Photos | Census | City
Street Maps | Base Maps | Geographic
Information | Digital Information
RARE MAPS - Rare
Maps Held in Research Collections, McMaster University Library
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Just a beginning, but eventually we will include all of the rare maps in our collection.
Includes indexes by date, cartographer, title and geographic area, and also images
of some of the maps.
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- McMaster has received two marvellous
donations of rare maps this year:
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- The Banks
Rare Map Collection
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- The Hodsoll
Rare Map Collection
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- World
War I Military Map Collection
- A finding aid to our
collection of military and trench maps, held in the Lloyd Reeds Map Collection
and in Research Collections.
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- TOPOGRAPHIC
MAPS
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- Detailed topographic cover of Ontario, Canada,
U.S. States adjacent to the Great Lakes, and Britain.
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Cover of Europe and the rest of the world at various scales.
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- GENERAL MAPS
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- Geographical
and political maps of all countries.
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- Campus Maps for Canadian Universities
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- Paper
maps of many campuses are also available.
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- ATLASES
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- World, national, provincial and thematic
atlases, historic and modern.
- Atlases and books in the Map Collection
are listed in our Library Catalogue.
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- GEOLOGY AND SOILS
- Extensive cover of Ontario and Canada,
and many other parts of the world.
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- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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- HISTORIC MAPS
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- Both originals and reproductions of maps of Wentworth County historical
interest.
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- Town plans of Canada, U.S. and Europe.
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- Fire insurance plans of Hamilton and other cities
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- Reproductions of many early maps of Canada and North
America.
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- RECREATION
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- Maps for travel, fishing, orienteering, canoeing
and other recreational activities.
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- Hydrographic charts
of Canadian waters.
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- GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
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- Gazetteers of many countries,
place name and city directories, and historical atlases of Ontario counties.
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- AIR PHOTOS
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- Limited
coverage of Northern Ontario.
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- CENSUS
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- Selected Canadian
census maps and documents.
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- CITY STREET MAPS
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- Road maps and city street maps
for urban areas worldwide.
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- BASE MAPS
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- Small outline maps for inclusion in
essays.
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- GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
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- Bibliographies, indexes, catalogues of other map
collections.
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- Books and documents on map interpretation
and cartographic conventions.
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- Gazetteers and place name
guides.
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- City directories for Hamilton (1853-) and Toronto
(selected years).
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- Assessment rolls for the City of Toronto.
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- Notebooks, diaries and correspondence of early Land Surveyors
in Upper Canada.
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- DIGITAL
INFORMATION
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- Computer-based atlases, including several
current world atlases (Times World Map and Database, Maps 'n' Facts) and an historical
atlas of Europe (Centennia).
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- Ontario Base Maps of the
local area, maps and data produced by the Ecowise Research Group, demonstration
files of the 1991 and 1996 Census of Canada for the Hamilton area, and other projects
are available as GIS coverages for ArcView software.
- Federal topographic
maps (National Topographic Data Base) and digital elevation files (Canadian Digital
Elevation Data)
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