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Tax Sale Forum => Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Woody on August 27, 2006, 01:10:25 AM

Title: Township maps of ontario - old but useful
Post by: Woody on August 27, 2006, 01:10:25 AM

I'm not sure what most people use to locate properties listed by lot and consession, I found a neat site that has many of Ontario's township's mapped out from 1874-1881.  It shows lots and consessions, structures, the acerage of the lots, road allowances etc.  It also lists the name of the land owner (again 1874 -1881), which is little more than historically significant at this point.

For those who don't have a way to access this information without driving to the township office, this may help.  Yes they are old, but still very useful.


http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/search.htm

If for some reason the link dosen't work Google "Canada County Digital Atlas".

Title: Re: Township maps of ontario - old but useful
Post by: Rob on August 27, 2006, 04:06:47 AM

Thanks those older types of maps are extremely useful when researching a property and you want to get a better understanding of the area and its history.  Many original lots are exactly the same now as they were in the 1870s, especially in south west ontario and eastern ontario.

Title: Re: Township maps of ontario - old but useful
Post by: Khono on April 14, 2009, 02:10:58 AM

Aye, very cool.  I wish it went further north, though :( 

By the way, an easy way to shift around the very large maps, zooming in and out frequently, is to use the open-source program Gimp.  That`s what I use for the ridculously large pics/maps I want to study.  Use + and - to zoom in and out respectively and hold middle mouse button to scroll around.