Portion of the Map of Military Department of the Columbia showing location of River Survey Sheets. (1882)

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Portion of the Map of Military Department of the Columbia showing location of River Survey Sheets. (1882)

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Title	Portion of the Map of Military Department of the Columbia showing location of River Survey Sheets. (1882)

Identifier	http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu480 wsu 480; F853 .U58 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,623

Creator	United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Date	1882 2000 - 2002

Publisher	Washington, D.C., Govt. print. off.

Description	1 map : 33 x 33 cm. "Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 186, 1st sess., 47th Cong." Scale approximately 18 miles to 1 inch. In September and October of 1881, under orders from Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Thomas W. Symons traveled and closely mapped the entirety of the Columbia River from the Canadian border to the point where the Snake and Columbia Rivers met. His stated goal was "to determine its navigability and the advisability of putting steamboats on it to be used in the transportation of troops,...

Subject	Columbia River Valley -- Maps

Type	Maps

Coverage	Washington (Terr.) -- Columbia River

Rights	Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691

Format	Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg

Contributor	Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Language	English

Relation	Is part of Report of an examination of the Upper Columbia . River and the territory in its vicinity in September and . October, 1881, to determine its navigability and . adaptability to steamboat transportation.