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
18.58: Landing Strip at Ilford
Ilford 1 is a small community on the Hudson Bay Railway Line that can be seen angling across the southern part of this area 2. It is the location of War Lake First Nation that can be seen north of the line 3. The airstrip in the southwest 4 trending east/west is about 0.8 miles (0.9 km) long. It has two small terminal buildings 5 located to the north and is connected to the community by a road 6. In the northeast is a clearing followed by a hydro line 7 that runs southwest from Kettle Generating Station on the
The lake in the west is
Figure 18.58: Landing Strip at Ilford
Figure 18.58
Vertical air photograph: MH867067409-113
Flight height 10,000 feet a.s.l.; lens focal length: 152.031 mm
Scale: 1:20,000 (approx.)
Date: October 3, 1982
Location: Township 81; Range 12E
Map sheets: 1:250,000 54D Kettle Rapids
1:50,000 54D/4 Ilford