Plan of the road and river between Niagara and fort Schlosser with the different posts erected on the communication, by order of Colonel Bradstreet in June 1764

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Item Information

Title:
Plan of the road and river between Niagara and fort Schlosser with the different posts erected on the communication, by order of Colonel Bradstreet in June 1764
Title (alt.):
Plan of the principal entrenchment on Mount Pleasant
Plan and profil of one of the redoubts on the carrying place, all the same construction
Plan of the post on Navy Island
Plan of the post building above the rapids call'd Fort Erie
Creator:
Ratzer, Bernard
Date:
1764
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765--Maps
Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--Maps
Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.)--Maps
Fort Erie (Ont.)--Maps
Navy Island (Ont.)--Maps
Places:
Niagara River
New York > Niagara (county) > Old Fort Niagara
Canada > Ontario (province) > Fort Erie
Canada > Ontario (province) > Navy Island (island)
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 33.4 x 125 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:24,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Below scale bar: Survey'd by Lieut: Ratzer.
Finished, colored, topographical map showing the Niagara River from Fort Niagara to about one mile inside the gorge and detailing the road and fortification system of the Niagara portage as it was in the summer of 1764.
Insets provide detail of fortifications along the portage.
See Gage Papers (Clements Library), Ratzer to Gage, July 10, 1764.
Identifier:
831
Barcode:
B2844448