Fonds 83-015 - Ontario. Department of Lands and Forests field survey notes

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Ontario. Department of Lands and Forests field survey notes

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Title based on content of microfilms.

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

83-015

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • Microfilmed 1947 (Reproduction)
    Note
    Microfilmed
  • 1784-1945 (Creation)
    Creator
    Ontario. Department of Lands and Forests

Physical description area

Physical description

15 microfilm reels

Archival description area

Name of creator

Administrative history

The Department of Lands and Forests, 1920-1972, was a department of the Government of Ontario based under the Ministry of Natural Resources. Before 1920 it was known as the Department of Lands, Mines and Forests, 1906-1920; The Crown Lands Department,Read more

Scope and content

The 15 microfilm reels from the Department of Lands and Forests holdings contain field survey notes for most townships in southern Ontario dating from 1784 to 1945.

Notes area

Immediate source of acquisition

The microfilms were donated from an unknown source.

Location of originals

The microfilms contain material held at both the Ministry of Natural Resources and at the Ontario Archives.

Restrictions on access

None

Finding aids

A handwritten guide to the survey notes, prepared by students in a geography course at Trent University, has been uploaded as the finding aid. The guide is also available in paper in the Archives' Northway Reading Room.

Uploaded finding aid

Associated materials

Associated material is located at the Archives of Ontario and at the Department of Lands and Forests [Ministry of Natural Resources] but note: * these microfilms are not available from the Ontario Archives on interlibrary loan.

General note

Microfilm. Set 39

Access points

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