trails, and soil quality. The 3,106 Cadastral Plans for Manitoba , c1890-1930, list the names of the first land owners. The Archives of Manitoba has a card index for the maps arranged by township and range as well as the copies of the maps.
- Section Maps of Western Canada
These three miles to one-inch scale and six mile to one-inch scale maps were produced by the Department of the Interior to depict land descriptions, trails, roads, railways, schools and churches across Western Canada. Many of the towns and villages shown on these maps no longer exist. The Archives of Manitoba have indexes for the Manitoba maps in their collection.
- Cummins Rural Directory Maps
The Cummins Map Company produced maps for Manitoba in 1918 and 1923. These maps show the name of the rural property owners, the location of the hamlets, villages, towns and railroads. The number under the name indicates which post office the owner used. The maps enable one to see if the original owner still owned the land or if they had added to their holding. Copies of the maps are found at the Archives of Manitoba. Microfiche copies are found at the Library and Archives Canada.
- Fire Insurance Plans
These plans were produced or commissioned by fire underwriting firms to help them understand the physical characteristics of the structures in villages and towns before they issued insurance. These maps enable the researcher to learn about the construction and size of buildings, where on the lot they are located, the size of the lot and the names of businesses in the community. The book, Fire Insurance Plans in the National Map Collection, lists one hundred and seven plans for forty-eight Manitoba communities. The Archives of Manitoba have copies of Fire Insurance Plans from ca. 1880-1970.
- Hayward, Robert J. Fire Insurance Plans in the National Map Collection. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada, 1977.
- Historical Atlas of Canada, Volume III, editor Donald Kerr. Designer/cartographer Geoffrey J. Matthews. Toronto, Buffalo, London, England: University of Toronto Press, 1987.
- Ross, Tim. “Manitoba Maps to Aid the Family Historian.” Generations: The Journal of the Manitoba Genealogical Society 12 (September 1987).
- Spry, Irene M. and Bennett McCardle. The Records of the Department of the Interior and Research Concerning Canada’s Western Frontier of Settlement. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 1993.
Researchers also need to have copies of current maps which can be obtained from:
- Manitoba Department of Natural Resources
Land Information Division
1007 Century Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 0W4
Telephone: (204) 945-6666
- Travel Manitoba
1555 Carlton Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3H8
The Manitoba Library Consortium and the Manitoba Historical Society have a collection of digitized maps dating from 1870. Manitobia. Searchable by topic or by map dates and titles.
- ↑ Hanowski, Laura. "Locate Places in Manitoba Using Gazetteers, Maps, Plans and Atlases (National Institute)," National Institute for Genealogical Studies (2012), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Locate_Places_in_Manitoba_Using_Gazetteers,_Maps,_Plans_and_Atlases_%28National_Institute%29.
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