Plan shewing the proposed route from Lake Superior to Red River Settlement compiled from Messrs Dawson & Napiers maps

Map depicting part of Central Canada. Shows the proposed route between Red River and Lake Superior. Below the map title and scale: "T Devine Surveyor Branch West. Crown Lands Department, Toronto 29th May 1858, Andrew Russell, Assistant Commissioner". Near the lower left corner of the map: "Maclear & Co. Liths. Toronto." Inset at top centre, titled "Plan of the country between Red River Settlement and the Lake of the Woods" depicts the area between those bodies of water. Below the inset title and scale: "(Signed) S. J. Dawson. Note. This is a reduced Copy of the Map from actual Survey accompanying Mr Dawson's Report of 15th March 1858." Includes the "picket line through Lac Plat" and the proposed road line. Relief shown by hachures. At the bottom of the larger map is the "Profile of Canoe Route, as handed in by Professor Hind." The profile follows the Winnipeg River to the Lake of the Woods, Rainy River, Rainy Lake, Sturgeon River, Sturgeon Lake, Pickerel Lake, Brule Lake, Baril Lake, Thousand Lakes, Savanne River, Dog River, Great Dog Lake, and Kaministiquia River. Mineral composition, water levels, portage sites, rapids, falls, other lakes and rivers, and other points of interest are labeled along the route.