Fort Garry to Fort Ellice
London: James Campbell, 1873. Notes: small map of Manitoba from Fort Garry to Fort Ellis, showing lakes, rivers, and mountains. Sandford Fleming was a civil engineer and scientist. He immigrated to Canada in 1845 from Scotland. By 1857, Fleming was the top engineer for Huron, Simcoe, and Ontario Railways. He became chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1871 until he retired in 1880. He was chancellor of Queen's University between 1880 -1915. During this time, Fleming was devoted to scientific writing and research, contributing to the institution of standard time zones and telegraph technology. He designed Canada's first postage stamp in 1851, the three-penny beaver. He was knighted in 1897., Size : 164x101 (mm), 6.46x3.98 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Canada Midwest Manitoba;. Very Good. Item #M8647
Notes: small map of Manitoba from Fort Garry to Fort Ellis, showing lakes, rivers, and mountains. Sandford Fleming was a civil engineer and scientist. He immigrated to Canada in 1845 from Scotland. By 1857, Fleming was the top engineer for Huron, Simcoe, and Ontario Railways. He became chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1871 until he retired in 1880. He was chancellor of Queen\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s University between 1880 -1915. During this time, Fleming was devoted to scientific writing and research, contributing to the institution of standard time zones and telegraph technology. He designed Canada\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s first postage stamp in 1851, the three-penny beaver. He was knighted in 1897., Size : 164x101 (mm), 6.46x3.98 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Canada Midwest Manitoba;.
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