Township maps of ontario - old but useful

[Woody]

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".

[Rob]

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.

[Khono]

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.