1923 Canadian Pacific Railways Bird's-Eye View Map of the Canadian Rocky Mountains

This is a 1923 Canadian Pacific Railway bird's-eye view map of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. With Vancouver in the foreground and Edmonton in the background, red lines trace the railroads connecting the coast with points inland. Cities, towns, and villages along the railroad's routes are labeled, along with those connected by roads, which are marked by thin black lines. Dotted and dashed lines illustrate steamship routes, which leave Vancouver through the Strait of Georgia and the Juan de Fuca Strait, and others that operate on the region's larger lakes. Yoho Park, Glacier Park, and Rocky Mountains Park are within the view's scope. Pictorial profiles illustrate the Banff Springs Hotel in Rocky Mountains Park, Glacier House in Glacier Park, and the Sicamous Hotel in Sicamous, along with several others. An inset in the upper left depicts the Canadian Pacific coast from Skagway south to Seattle, with steamship lines, roads, and railways illustrated.

Publication History and Census

This map was created for and published by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1923. We note eleven examples cataloged in OCLC spread across three OCLC entries. Among the collections in which this piece is represented are the Wisconsin Historical Society, Yale University, Harvard University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago.