Historical Forest Inventory – Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps

Abstract

This historical map series consists of Forest Cover printable monochrome maps named using the National Topographic System (NTS) map sheet identifier. The Forest Cover maps were created at a scale of 1:100 000. The series is now available as a fee free download in Adobe PDF and Tif formats under the Open Government Licence – Alberta.

Open Government Licence

Your use of the information will be governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence – Alberta, in force as of the date you accessed the information.

This Forest Cover series was originally produced to display the forest cover in the province, and included;

density,
height and,
species of tree stands

in addition to a broad coverage of access information including;

roads,
truck trails and,
cutlines

These maps are not available as geo-referenced rectified images or GIS-ready data.

Map Coverage

View extent of the coverage of this product:

Historical Forest Cover Index Map (PDF, 1.0 MB)

At this scale 1.0 cm on the map represents 1.0 km on the ground. Each map covers an area of 0.50 degree longitude by 0.50 degree latitude.

Map Series Updates and Samples

This series is not updated and contains a range of publication dates.

View a sample Historical Forest Cover map sheet:

Sample of Historical Forest Cover Map (PDF, 8.6 MB)

Map Sheet Identifier

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Historical Forest Inventory – Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps

Table of contents

Abstract

Map Coverage

Map Series Updates and Samples

Map Sheet Identifier

NTS Block 73 Maps PDF

NTS Block 73 Maps TIFF

NTS Block 74 Maps PDF

NTS Block 74 Maps TIFF

NTS Block 82 Maps PDF

NTS Block 82 Maps TIFF

NTS Block 83 Maps PDF

NTS Block 83 Maps TIFF

NTS Block 84 Maps PDF

NTS Block 84 Maps TIFF