UPPER CANADA MAP SOCIETY MEETING

Upper Canada Map Society Meeting Thursday January 29th

The Upper Canada Map Society will be meeting on Thursday January the 29th at 6.pm at University of Toronto Robarts Library, Room 4049, 130 St. George Street, Toronto.

Our speaker is Military Historian Richard Feltoe speaking on:

"The Mystery of the Rotating Map-An Incident from the War of 1812"

We will be having a very brief discussion prior to the talk (which will start at 6.15) to set membership dues, to discuss the IMCoS planning committee and the election of officers for the 2009 season. Your participation would be appreciated!

Thanks and see you there,

For further information, contact:
Megan Webster
UCMS@sympatico.ca

Wednesday October 29th Meeting Postponed

Due to a family medical emergency of the speaker, our Wednesday Oct. 29th has been postponed. Please check back later for a rescheduled date.

Rare Champlain Map of Canada to be auctioned

For all those who have deep pockets, you may want to bid on this map coming up for auction at Sotheby's on November 13th!

http://www.nationalpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=878011

For all those who find themselves in Washington:

Map Exhibit at the Canadian Embassy

"Champlain's Dream - Books, Maps and Prints from the John Carter Brown Library" includes a collection of original manuscripts and maps drafted by the explorer himself.

When:  January 2, 2009
Where: Embassy of Canada Art Gallery, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC.  The gallery is free and open to the
public Monday through Friday from 9 AM until 5 PM.

For more information about the exhibit is at
http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/arts/exhibition-en.asp

Upper Canada Map Society Meeting Wed. October 29th

The Upper Canada Map Society will be meeting on Wednesday October the 29th at 6.pm at University of Toronto Robarts Library, Room 4049, 130 St. George Street, Toronto.

Our speaker is Military Historian Richard Feltoe speaking on:

"The Mystery of the Rotating Map-An Incident from the War of 1812"

We will be having a very brief discussion prior to the talk (which will start at 6.15) to set membership dues, to discuss the IMCoS planning committee and the election of officers for the 2009 season. Your participation would be appreciated!

Thanks and see you there,

For further information, contact:
Megan Webster
UCMS@sympatico.ca
http://ucmapso.blogspot.com
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"The Honourable Robert Edward Clifford (1767-1817) : Maps and Mysteries"

Location: University of Toronto Robarts Library, Room 4049, 4th Floor
130 St. George Street, Toronto

Cathy Moulder, Director of Library Services, Maps, Data and GIS, McMaster University Library
will be the speaker on Englishman and a renowned map collector Robert Clifford.
Clifford lived a quiet scholarly life in Paris during the French Revolution and early years
of the Napoleonic era. But his correspondence with John Graves Simcoe reveals an exciting
escape from France in 1803 with a trunk of secret maps and plans.

Could the maps in McMaster University Library's collection have been part of that daring escape?

Cathy Moulder will tell this mystery tale and show a few maps from the intriguing Clifford collection.

For further information contact: Megan Webster UCMS@sympatico.ca