The Canadian Rockies. Banff National Park. Yoho Park. Kootenay Park.
- Title:
- The Canadian Rockies. Banff National Park. Yoho Park. Kootenay Park.
- Alternate Title:
- The Canadian Rockies
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Wheeler, Arthur O.
- Other Creators:
- Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
- Date:
- 1929
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 1218.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1218_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Subject:
- Advertising & Promotion
Railroads - Measurement:
- 44 x 79 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- "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.
While this map is not as aggressively distorted as ID #1219, it achieves the same result. It is focused on Canadian Pacific's rail lines and its resort hotels at and around Lake Louise, at the Southern end of Jasper National Park. Canadian National's lines are entirely omitted, and the unnecessarily large legend box at the top left of the map is strategically positioned to cover the location of Canadian National's Jasper Park Lodge resort at the Northwestern end of the Park. (Note that the map is oriented with northeast at the top.)
Map is copyrighted 1927, dated 1929, and "corrected to Nov. 1929."
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.
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Source:
- Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 1930. Resorts in the Canadian Rockies.
- 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:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.