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Simple online access to the Atlas of the City of Toronto by the Chas. E. Goad Company. Atlas Editions available: 1884 , 1890 , 1893 , 1899 , 1903 , 1910 , 1913 , 1924 . Bonus Updates: 1880 Insurance Plan of the City of Toronto , 1889 Insurance Plan , The Great Toronto Fires of 1904 — and 1895
- 1913 Toronto Fire Insurance Map
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- 1913 Toronto Fire Insurance Map
Apr 10, 2012 · Charles Goad of Montreal created beautiful maps of the blossoming city of Toronto. It was not unusual for map making and surveying to be based in Montreal in that era since Montreal was the primiere city in the young country of Canada. Nathan Ng has “cobbled together” four of Goad’s books for years 1884, 1890, 1893, and 1899 presenting ...
May 7, 2012 · Updated: July, 4, 2016. Toronto Public Library has fire insurance plans for the City of Toronto dating from 1858 to 1973, and has digitized the plans up to 1910. Sometimes called Goad's atlases, after Charles E. Goad who started fire insurance mapping in 1875, these large-scale aerial drawings show locations of buildings of the time, as well as ...
Simple online access to the 1884, 1890, 1893, 1899, and 1903 editions of the Atlas of the City of Toronto by the Chas. E. Goad Company.
Goad map. Goad maps a.k.a. Goad plans or Goad atlases incorporate detailed street maps including individual buildings and their uses. The maps are named for Charles E. Goad who first produced such things for Fire Insurance companies. [ 1][ 2] Charles Goad was a Civil Engineer who practised in Toronto, London, Ontario, and elsewhere.
Fire Insurance Plans. 1903 1913 1924. For best performance, it is recommended to view these maps on a laptop or desktop computer. Fire Insurance plans provide detailed information about buildings and neighbourhoods. The Archives has fire insurance plans from 1858 to 1973. 1880 to 1924 are available to view online.
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Toronto: 1910. Notes: English railway engineer, went to Canada in 1868, where he did not pursue engineering, but became a representative for the Sanborn Company which published fire insurance plans. From 1875 Goad began to compile and publish his own large-scale plans of Canadian towns from a base in Montreal, and soon became the largest private mapmaker in Canada. By 1885 Charles Goad had ...
