Maptour Page 4
Maptour: The Impact of the Great Depression, 1928-1940
British Columbia: Many Little Projects


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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 off the checkbox for "Work Camps."
  • Click on the "Zoom to" drop-down menu and select "British Columbia".

Notice ...

  • The ecumene (settled area) in B.C. is restricted, compared with the spacious expanse it occupies in Alberta.

Try This:

  • Under LAYER CONTROLS, turn on the checkbox for "Work Camps," and click on the icon following to turn on work camp labels.
  • Use the Zoom in tool to zoom in on Southern BC, by clicking twice in succession.

Notice ...

  • The majority of BC work camps were for road construction.
  • Airfield construction was close to the American border.
  • The number of places named increases with each magnification.

Consider!

  • Good transportation facilities were scarce in British Columbia’s mountainous terrain, and expensive to build.
  • Canada in the 1930s was moving from the railway age into the automobile age.
  • There was a national defense aspect to airfield construction.