| Title | Snow cover measurement networks / Réseaux nivométriques |
| Download | Downloads |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch |
| Source | Hydrological Atlas of Canada 8, 1978, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/295274  Open Access |
| Year | 1978 |
| Publisher | Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English; French |
| Maps | 1 map |
| Map Info. | hydrographic, 1:10,000,000 |
| Projection | Lambert Conformal Conic Projection |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf; jpg |
| Province | British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Nunavut; Canada |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Subjects | hydrogeology; environmental geology; environmental geology; hydrology; precipitation; climate |
| Released | 1978 01 01 |
| Abstract | (unpublished)
The map shows the location of the snow course stations and the agencies that operate them. Most Canadian snow courses are operated by the federal Department of Fisheries and the
Environment and the provincial government departments concerned with water resources. Though the principles of snow surveying were largely developed in the United States, the Canadian experience has been lengthy, with courses established and
continuously operated in British Columbia, the Bow River basin of Alberta, and the Shawinigan River basin in Quebec and in Newfoundland from the early years of the 20th century. Other agencies became involved in the thirties and forties. National
Research Council supported important studies across the country on the physical properties of snow. Recent network growth may be attributed generally to an increasing government role in planning resource development. The disastrous Red River flood of
1951 encouraged the Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources to develop an extensive r |
| GEOSCAN ID | 295274 |
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