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Prince Rupert British Columbia : The Pacific Coast Terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway w. Maps
19114499Montreal QC: The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company 1911. Paperback. Fine. With "Fourth Edition April 1911" printed at foot of the "Announcements" page giving a good indication of the amount interest that the new terminal town and surrounding areas were generating at the time. Includes two fold-out maps one tipped in at title page and the other a real lithographic beauty and excellent promotional map is in color and tipped in at the rear with an additional two insert maps in it's corners. Both maps are in very fine condition. Brown printed wraps 8vo size 9.25 inches tall pp. 24 illustrated w. B&W photo reproductions showing the current stage of development of the town harbor and their surrounds with some images dated "September 1910" table of summit elevations and rwy grades on verso of terminal leaf. Volume w. a touch of rust to staples one leaf w. two light creases and a 1/4 inch closed tear at fore-edge else clean and unmarked throughout. The large color map at rear 33.5 x 26 inches wide is titled "Map Of The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway In British Columbia Showing Terminus At Prince Rupert" plate mark "4824" at lower left and has a copyright date of 1907 by Poole Bros. An additional date of "4-10-'11" is printed at the lower edge matching the pub. date of "Fourth Edition April 1911" printed on the "Announcements" page. These matching dates would have confirmed for potential investors and settlers that the map and pamphlet had the most up to date information available at the time. The two insert maps are "Map Of Price Rupert And Vicinity" and "Latitude Map". The frontis map 9x17 inches wide is titled "General Plan for the Development of Prince Rupert B.C. and was executed by Brett & Hall Landscape Architects Boston who used "City Beautiful" principles with success in Smithers and Fort Prince George as well. Evidently most of the Prince Rupert today is based upon this Brett & Hall plan. OCLC finds no copies of this 1911 edition of this GTPR pamphlet. Rumsey's copy of the large color map lacking the pamphlet and the frontis map is dated "3-28-'10 The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company paperback
