These land examination reports were prepared by CPR's Land Inspectors, and include the following elements (not necessarily all of them in any single report), which helped the railway determine the value of the land, and what price they should charge for it: average grade; nearest railway station; elevators; nationality of nearest settlers; type of farming in district; nearest creamery, post office, school, church; average rainfall; area of arable land; soil type; timber cover; surface water and well depth; grass and hay cover; stone and coal in district; improvements made; and general remarks.
Canadian Pacific Railway. Land ExaminationSpruce Grove (Alberta)
107 Archival description results for Spruce Grove (Alberta)
- Consists of design development drawings issued for development permit, preliminary drawings and sketches of elevations, and a copy of 1972 reference drawings from John S Graham Architects Engineers.
- Address: 100 King Street, Spruce Grove, Alberta.
File consists of pre-construction exterior streetscape, site, and elevations.
Sub-subseries consists of pre-construction exterior streetscape, site, and elevations.
The fonds consists of administration files pertaining to MAA locals, Metis history, government relations, meetings and conferences, the native Council of Canada, cultural heritage, housing, projects and programs, education, communications, other organizations, correctional institutes, land, recreation, environment, health and welfare, and economic development (1968-1978); personal files of various MAA employees (1969-1978); videos of meetings, workshops and special events (1967-1977); and audio recordings of meetings and workshops (1969-1973).
Metis Association of AlbertaDesign development drawings. Address: 5 Avenue and King Street, Spruce Grove, Alberta
File consists of one tissue sketch and one sepia print of design development scheme for a third floor office proposal for the Parks and Recreation Department in Spruce Grove.
[For] Parks and Recreation, Town of Spruce Gorve. - Scale 1:100. - 1981. Address: Spruce Grove, Alberta.
Address: 5 Avenue and King Street, Spruce Grove, Alberta
Preliminary plans including site development, site plan, and floor plans and sections
Schematic design drawings for theatre addition
Area calculation plans and reflected ceiling plans
Interior elevations studies
Furnishings, foundation, structural, mechanical and electrical overlay drawings
Copies of mechanical and electrical drawings
Preliminary drawings sets including 'presented June 27/79' and 'revised as per mtg. with Marven Taebak Sept. 27/79'. Office copies of elevation studies and mechanical, structural, foundation drawings.
Preliminary drawing set 'building sections check set details key Oct 31/79'
Consists of site and landscape design development drawings, obsolete plans, and gymnasium and sports facilities layouts
Site development drawings set
Copies of site development drawings set
Site development schemes A and B from June 1979
Architectural working drawings A1-A20 - November 1, 1979