13 December 2015

Fire Insurance Plans

LAC has placed online on Flickr 23 high quality Goad fire insurance maps for: Brandon, 1910; Winnipeg, 1906; Calgary, 1911; Lethbridge, 1910; Wakefield, 1897; Vancouver, 1897; Ottawa, 1895; Guelph, 1897; Montreal, 1881; Halifax, 1889; Winchester, 1900.

The British Library has a portal with thousands of historic maps in their collection, including fire insurance maps. georeferenced as indicated by the red dots to a modern map through a crowdsourcing project. Explore at http://www.bl.uk/maps/georeferencingmap.html

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