The Triangle Tour of British Columbia. Jasper National Park. Mount Robson Park. Canadian Rockies. And the Scenic Seas of the North Pacific Coast.
- Title:
- The Triangle Tour of British Columbia. Jasper National Park. Mount Robson Park. Canadian Rockies. And the Scenic Seas of the North Pacific Coast.
- Alternate Title:
- The Triangle Tour of British Columbia
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Canadian National Railways
- Date:
- 1927
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 1219.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1219_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Subject:
- Advertising & Promotion
Deception/Distortion
Railroads - Measurement:
- 43 x 76 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This is not the simple railroad/resort promotional map it appears to be. It "uses two different scales, but provides no indication as to what they are or where they meet. The eastern half of the map shows Jasper National Park (the home of Jasper Park Lodge, which is owned by the railway) and the northern half of Banff National Park as far south as Bow Lake, a few miles west of Calgary. The western half of the map, on the other hand, shows the entire British Columbian coast, from Prince Rupert in the north to Vancouver and the American border in the south. In other words, the mapmaker has eliminated the entire southeastern corner of British Columbia and adjacent Alberta, and filled it in with an enlarged map of the central portion of the Rocky Mountains. In doing so, the mapmaker completely eliminated its major competitor, the Canadian Pacific Railway and its hotel at Lake Louise [at the southern end of Banff National Park]. The map suggests that the only way for a visitor to travel the mountains and waters of British Columbia is to take one of the trains or steamers operated by Canadian National Railways." Murray 2008, Answer 8.
"Competing railroad companies have long embraced the power of a map to 'emphasize' their lines over others that may be available . . . by artistically leaving out competitors' routes or stations." Ovenden 2011, 40. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian National Railways competed in attracting tourists to their scenic resorts in Western Canada. The collection includes an example from each company, ID #1218 (Canadian Pacific) and ID #1219 (Canadian National). Each of these maps employs some degree of deception or distortion in order to "artistically leave out" its competitor's lines and resorts. For another example of a promotional rail map configured so as to obscure a competitor's route, see ID #2102, Map of The Southern Pacific Company and Connections, 1891.
For other promotional railroad maps, including some using deceptive techniques, see Subject > Railroads.
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- Canadian National Railways. 1927. Map of Alaska and the Yukon. Canadian Rockies and the Triangle Tour of British Columbia.
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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