Plans of Various Lakes and Rivers between Lake Huron and the River Ottawa to accompany the Geological Reports of Canada for 1853-54-55-56.

Full Publisher?s Cloth., Very scarce in terms of large folio format. Usually the maps are folded and the work is bound in Quarto. Very important maps depicting early development of Muskoka regions.Ex. Libris: Séminaire de Philosophie Montréal on free endpaper.Sir William Edmond Logan was a major contributor to the Geological Survey of Canada. Logan stated: ?The object of the Survey is to ascertain the mineral resources of the country,? and the survey still operates on this principle. Subsequent to 1855 he saw the development of a major copper-producing area in the Eastern Townships, where the Acton Mine was said to be the largest copper mine in the world in its time. The Geological Survey?s greatest contribution during Logan?s tenure as director was producing reports and maps, which established the fundamentals of Canadian geology; especially important were those for the north shore of Lake Huron and Lake Superior where rich beds of copper, nickel, uranium, iron, platinum, and other metals occur in the ancient rocks of the Precambrian? (Dictionary of Canadian Biography online)., Size : Large Folio (587 x 460mm), Includes 22 maps from the explorations of Lake Huron to the Ottawa River. Plans showing the exploration of the north and east shores of Lake Huron and eastward to the Ottawa River and Plans of Bonne-Cherre, Madawaska and Shawahkong Rivers and sources of the Ottonabee Rebacked in half calf. A very good copy. Maps are clean and crisp.…