Maptour Page 3
Maptour: The Impact of the Great Depression, 1928-1940
National Historic Sites


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Map: Unemployment Relief Work Camps, 1932-1936

Try This:

  • Keep open the map "Unemployment Relief Work Camps, 1932-1936."
  • Under LAYER CONTROLS, turn on the checkbox for "Work Camps."
  • On the ZOOM/PAN toolbar, click on the Zoom in button and use it on the map to zoom in to Southern Québec and the Maritimes.
  • On the DATA SELECT toolbar, click on the Table tool and use it on the map to drag a rectangle that includes Québec City and Halifax.

Notice ...

  • A table pops up, in which the projects selected are tabulated by type and labour input, and these are highlighted on the map. (You may have to drag the table aside to see the map without obstruction.)
  • Restoration of historic sites at Québec and Halifax are among the largest single, government-sponsored projects of the Depression era.

Try This:

  • On the DATA SELECT toolbar, click on the QUERY button to pop up the Query box. Under "Type of Project," select "Historic Site;" in the other two boxes select "Do not include in query." Then Submit Query.

Notice ...

  • The Québec City and Halifax projects are the only historic sites anywhere in Canada that were supported by the Work Camps program.

Consider!

  • Celebration of military and political history has been a Canadian priority, one French and one English, even in hard times.
  • Historic sites were under the supervision of the Department of National Defence.