Manitoba Vintage Map Tea Towel massawippi Smoke and Canoe Lakes

Smoke and Canoe Lakes

Details: This is a synthetic silk pillow

The level of detail is remarkable for a simple tourist map of the time with many of the popular skiing and hiking areas of the region highlighted

The pillowcase features a 1906 Department of the Interior map of Ottawa

Manitoba Vintage Map Tea Towel massawippi Smoke and Canoe LakesThis tea towel features a pre Confederation, 1890 map of Manitoba. At this time, Manitoba was known as the "postage stamp province" as it was simply a square, about one eighteenth of its current size. It wasn't until 1912 that it would expand northward to Hudson's Bay, mirroring the northern reach of its neighbouring Western provinces. Winnipeg and Brandon are clearly shown as rail hubs and the beautiful antique hues will have you dreaming of old