1872 Eastern Part of Northumberland Strait Map
This nautical chart of the Northumberland Strait, created in 1872, with precise detailing and intricate craftsmanship, offers a comprehensive portrayal of the maritime landscape spanning from Prince Edward Island to mainland Nova Scotia. Data included on map was actually surveyed by Bayfield in 1847.
Early Canadian nautical maps were referred to as “Bayfield charts” in honor of Henry Wolsey Bayfield who began in the early 1800s charting the waterways. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights; and depths shown by soundings in fathoms. Lighthouses shown in red.
- Title: 1872 Eastern Part of Northumberland Strait Map
- Creator(s): Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty (London, UK)
- Date: 1872
- Size: 46 x 61 cm
- Location of Map: The original map from this scan reproduction is at McGill University Library
Scroll down further on this page to view the full sized map (or to download a PDF version)
[Source(s): McGill University Library / Internet Archive]
Place names labeled on the map include (with most recent known name included in brackets, for any places that have had name changes, or go by a different name now):
- Cape John
- John Bay
- Amet Sound
- River John / River John Settlement
- Salisbury Point
- Amet Shoals (Amet Island Shoals)
- Horn Point (Hornes Point)
- Macquarie Point
- Caribou River
- Caribou Harbour
- Gully Head
- Middle Shoals
- Pictou Banks
- Caribou Channel
- Caribou Island
- Pictou Island
- Pictou Harbour
- East Point (East End)
- West Point (West End)
- Roger Point
- Doctor Island ( Munroes Island)
- Doctor Point (Munroes Point)
- Logan Point (Logans Point)
- Cole Point
- Grave Point (Seaview Point)
- Halliburton Creek (Halliburton Brook)
- Mill Creek (Sawmill Brook)
- Pictou
- Christie Point
- Abercrombie Point
- West River
- Middle River
- East River
- New Glasgow
- Mackenzie Head
- Roaring Bull
- Chance Harbour
- Roy Island
- Sutherland River (Sutherlands River)
- French River
- Govenor Head
- Smith Point
- Barney River (Barneys River)
- Galt Pond
- Bailey Brook (Baileys Brook)
- Croydart Brook (Knoydart Brook)
- Croydart Point (Knoydart Point)
- Patterson Point
- Merigomish Island
Other Northumberland Strait Maps
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1872 Eastern Part of Northumberland Strait Map
Map reproduction courtesy of McGill University Library
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