Tactile Maps of Canada-Maps for Education-The Tactile Atlas of Canada-Alberta

The map title is Alberta. Tactile map scale. 1.8 centimetres = 100 kilometres North arrow pointing to the top of the page. Borders of the province of Alberta, shown as dashed and solid lines. Lake Athabasca, shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. A circle and the city name to show the location of Jasper, Banff and Calgary. A filled star and the city name Edmonton to show the location of Edmonton. Text labels for Peace River and Lake Athabasca. The word lake is abbreviated as L. The word River is abbreviated as R. The abbreviation "BC" to indicate the province of British Columbia. The abbreviation "SK" to indicate the province of Saskatchewan. The abbreviation "NT" to indicate the Northwest Territories. The abbreviation "USA" to indicate the neighbouring country, United States of America. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the…

Publisher

Natural Resources Canada

Resources

22

Catalogue metadata updated

2022-02-22