Map showing area of Canadian prairies suited for large scale irrigation designated as the “Dry Bowl”

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Map showing area of Canadian prairies suited for large scale irrigation designated as the “Dry Bowl”

Date 1952

Creator Canada. Royal Commission on the South Saskatchewan River Project

Contributor South Saskatchewan River Project (Canada)

Publisher Ottawa: Queen's Printer

Genre map

Subject Droughts--Prairie Provinces--Maps, Irrigation--Alberta--Maps, Irrigation--Prairie Provinces--Maps, Irrigation--Saskatchewan--Maps, Soil conservation--Prairie Provinces--Maps

Source Original Format: Spatial and Numeric Data Services, High Density Library, Call Number: G35636 J4 1952

Collection Historical Maps

Sub-Collection Water

Notes Handwritten annotations on map: "to accompany Report of the Royal Commission on the south Saskatchewan River Project Ottawa 1952"

Geography

Place South Saskatchewan River (Alta. and Sask.)

Latitude 52.08343

Longitude -109.40150

North 55.1

South 48.8

East -104.12

West -115.12

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Attribution "Map showing area of Canadian prairies suited for large scale irrigation designated as the “Dry Bowl”", 1952, (CU14087053) by Canada. Royal Commission on the South Saskatchewan River Project. Courtesy of Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Unique identifier: CU14087053

Legacy Identifier: G_3536_J4_1952_Dry_Bowl

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