{"product_id":"old-resources-and-road-map-of-western-canada-1952-alaska-highway-vancouver-calgary-edmonton-jasper-np","title":"Old Road Map of Western Canada, 1952: Alaska Highway, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Jasper NP","description":"\u003cp\u003eResources and Road Map of Western Canada, issued in 1952 by the Mundy Map Co., captures Western Canada at a moment when roads, rails, and resources were rapidly reordering the landscape. Known for its meticulous, utilitarian cartography, Mundy assembles British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon, and reaches into Alaska and the Northwest Territories in a single, legible field of color and annotation. The design balances clarity with post-war confidence: corridors of movement, tracts of timber, and belts of mineral wealth sit alongside delineated parklands and preserves. It is both instrument and narrative, a portrait of a region poised between frontier extraction and an emerging ethic of stewardship, rendered with the pragmatic elegance that defined Mundy’s mid-century work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTransportation is the map’s living skeleton. The Alaska Highway runs like a spine northward, its mileage indicators marching through river crossings and mountain passes, while secondary roads knit together ranching country, mill towns, and remote settlements with uncommon thoroughness. Railways are crisply drawn, the steel arteries binding prairie, foothill, and port—Vancouver and Victoria anchoring the Pacific edge; Calgary and Edmonton commanding the plains; Fairbanks and Anchorage signaling the northern horizon. Trails and historic pack routes add deeper texture, evoking earlier paths of trade and exploration that still mattered to post-war travelers, survey crews, and supply chains pushing toward the continent’s rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMundy’s red-marked resource tracts declare the economic thesis of the age. Timber belts sweep the coastal and interior forests; coal fields shadow the Rocky Mountain foothills; gold-bearing territories glint across the Yukon and the rugged north of British Columbia. The overlay is not abstract: roads and railheads converge upon these zones, showing how access begets industry. Trading posts and inland post offices punctuate the wilderness, indexing the cadence of settlement and logistics across immense distances. Read as a ledger of potential, the sheet reveals where mills might hum, mines sink shafts, and freighters load—an atlas of possibilities inscribed in the terrain itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe natural world is rendered with equal authority. Mountain chains rise in stippled relief—the Rockies and Coast Mountains stepping through ice fields and high passes—while powerful rivers like the Fraser, Yukon, Peace, and Athabasca braid the interior. Shorelines and straits along the Pacific—Hecate Strait, the Strait of Georgia, the islanded channels of the Inside Passage—create a maritime counterpart to inland routes. Against this backdrop, the boundaries of Jasper and Kluane National Parks and broad game preserves introduce deliberate lines of protection, mapping a new vocabulary of conservation onto an older geography of extraction, and inviting travel for wonder as much as for work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheet’s post-war aesthetic—clean color coding, disciplined symbols, and dense yet readable annotation—conveys complex information with understated grace. An inset devoted to coastal British Columbia’s fishing resources pinpoints favored waters and species, from salmon to halibut and herring, extending the map’s utility from timber camps and haul roads to canneries, resorts, and anglers’ lore. In aggregate, this is a time capsule of 1952 Western Canada: a harmony (and tension) of highways and rails, mines and forests, fjords and peaks, parks and preserves. It is Mundy at his most purposeful—turning a vast, demanding region into a coherent, navigable vision of opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCities and towns on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCanada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBritish Columbia\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVancouver (modern population: ~631,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVictoria (modern population: ~92,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlberta\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalgary (modern population: ~1,504,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdmonton (modern population: ~1,046,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU.S. (Alaska)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairbanks (modern population: ~32,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnchorage (modern population: ~291,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor highways, including the Alaska Highway, marked with mileage indicators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecondary roads, thoroughly annotated connecting rural areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailways showing rail connectivity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResource areas for timber, gold, and coal, marked in red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational parks: Kluane and Jasper with defined boundaries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFishing resources inset for coastal British Columbia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrading posts and inland post offices marked throughout the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhysical features such as mountains and rivers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate created: 1952\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMapmaker\/publisher: Mundy Map Co.; known for detailed, practical maps focusing on resource and transportation information for travelers and industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign and style: color-coded transportation routes and resources with a post-war vintage aesthetic; detailed annotations enhance utility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical significance: reflects post-war economic activity, showcasing industrial potential and recreational areas; highlights a dual focus on resource extraction and conservation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConservation context: national park and game preserve boundaries indicate an emerging awareness of conservation during this period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 100in (250cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlease note: the labels on this map are hard to read if you order a map that is 20in (50cm) or smaller. The map is still very attractive, but if you would like to read the map easily, please buy a larger size.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 24x36in (60x90cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"18x24in (45x60cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58091046044032,"sku":"UM00284317A","price":684.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24in (45x60cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58091046076800,"sku":"UM00284318A","price":1498.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24in (45x60cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58091046109568,"sku":"UM00284319A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (420x594mm) \/ Map","offer_id":58091046142336,"sku":"UM00284320A","price":684.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (420x594mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58091046175104,"sku":"UM00284321A","price":1498.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (420x594mm) \/ Framed canvas 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