Ontario Road Maps - 1970 Map Details
1970 Map

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Folded Dimensions: 4.75" X 8.5"

Open Dimensions: 37.75 W X 25 H

Date Location: Front Cover & Legend

Cover Description: The background color is black.  All text is white on the cover.  There are six color photographs on the cover - from top to bottom; The "Archer" at Toronto City Hall; four people near a lake - the man in the foreground is cooking over an open flame; 2 children fishing; a lady on horseback amongst trees in fall colors; a lady skiing down a snowy slope; 2 men in canoes re-enacting a fur trading era with a man of the cloth in the background.

Date Code: Non-Applicable

Southern Ontario Scale: 1" : 14 miles

Northern Ontario Scale: 1" : 28 miles

 

Main Legend Side Features: Map of Southern Ontario with legend, 'District Engineers Addresses & Telephone numbers' and close up maps of 38 communities.

Opposite Side Features: Map of Northern Ontario with legend, Mileage Chart, Illustrations of Regulatory Signs, Index of Lakes, Cities, Towns and Villages - (Northern & Southern Ontario), Official Travel Information, Ontario Provincial Police Locations, Ontario Highway First Aid Posts, Provincial map showing Routes from Other Provinces and States and "What to do in Case if an Accident", "List of Standard Broadcasting Stations in Ontario", "List of FM Radio Stations " and close up maps of 6 communities.

 

Compiled By: Photogrammetry Office, Department of Highways

Prime Minister: John P. Robarts

Minister: George E. Gomme, Department of Highways

Deputy Minister: A. T. C. McNab, Department of Highways

Map Folding Pattern: Click on Cover Below

North Arrow Used on This Map.


Algonquin Park remains unchanged throughout the years.

This was the first year - instead of a map showing Ontario and bordering provinces

 and states - North America is shown -  catering to a more wide spread traveling public.