Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- c. 1975 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 paper sheet (74 x 53.5cm)
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
In 1916, the Department of Public Highways of Ontario was formed and took on the responsibility of establishing provincial highways.
On April 1, 1937, the Department of Northern Development was created and merged with the Department of Highways of Ontario.
In 1971, the Department of Highways assumed the responsibility for Communications, which prompted it to be renamed as the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in 1972.
It later became the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario in 1987.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by the Belleville Public Library. Accession #2014-64.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Prince Edward County Map, circa 1975. Published by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Composed by Hon. James Snow (Minister) and Harold Gilbert (Deputy Minister).
Features: road jurisdictions, Kings Highways, secondary highways, county roads, township roads, roads legally open but not necessarily passable, urban corporate limits, railways and stations, township boundaries, county boundaries, populated areas.
Donated by the Belleville Public Library in 2014.