Preface
1: Introduction
2: Location, Borders, and Lakes
3: Geologic Structure and Landforms
4: Climate
5: Vegetation
6: Pre-historic and Early Historic Settlements
7: Survey Systems
8: Southern Hamlets, Villages, and Towns
9: Mennonite and Hutterite Settlements
10: First Nations Settlements
11: Northern Settlements
12: The Southern Cities
13: Mining and Oil Extraction
14: Agriculture
15: Industry / Manufacturing
16: Water Resources
17: Parks, Recreation, Sports
18: Transport and Communications: Past and Present
19: Legal Issues and Law Enforcement
GlossaryChapter 18: Transport and Communications: Past and Present
Introduction
By virtue of its coastline along
In the latter part of the 19th century and the early 20th century, numerous railway lines criss-crossed southern
Roads have to some extent replaced the railway lines. They have a general east/west alignment (the Trans-Canada Highway No. 1, The Yellowhead Route No. 16, PTH 2 and PTH 3) or north/south alignment (PTH 10 and PTH 5). The main sources of electricity are in the southeast and the north. Power lines carry electricity to most parts of the province. They can be seen on air photos especially where they cut through wooded land. Similarly the routes followed by oil and gas pipelines are identifiable because when they are buried the soil is disturbed to result in a different tone or colour than the surrounding land, a variation that is easily detected on air photos. The topography of southern
18.33: Highway 10 Near Pine River
East of Duck Mountain PTH 10 1 follows the general north-northwest/south-southeast trend of the topography resulting from the deposition of strandlines by Lake Agassiz as it retreated eastward from Duck Mountain 2. In the east is low-lying marshy land 3 drained by rivers—Pine River 4 being one of them—that flow east to
Figure 18.33: Highway 10 Near Pine River
Figure 18.33
Vertical air photograph: A21810-48
Flight height: 24,350 feet a.s.l.; lens focal length: 88.22 mm
Scale: 1:79,200 (approx.)
Date: August 4, 1970
Location: Townships 32 and 33; Ranges 21, 22 and 23W1
Map sheets: 1:250,000 62N
1:50,000 62N/16