Tactile Maps of Canada, Manitoba

Abstract

The map title is Manitoba. Tactile map scale. 1.8 centimetres = 100 kilometres North arrow pointing to the top of the page. Borders of the province of Manitoba, shown as dashed and solid lines. Lake Winnipegosis, Lake Winnipeg and part of Hudson Bay, shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. A circle and the city name to show the location of Churchill and Brandon. A filled star and the city name Winnipeg to show the location of Winnipeg. Text labels for Hudson Bay, Nelson River, Lake Winnipeg, Red River and the abbreviation LW to indicate Lake Winnipegosis. The word lake is abbreviated as L and the word River is abbreviated to R. The abbreviation "SK" to indicate the province of Saskatchewan. The abbreviation "ON" to indicate the province of Ontario. The abbreviation "NU" to indicate the Territory of Nunavut. The abbreviation "NT" to indicate the Northwest Territories. The abbreviation "USA" to indicate the neighbouring country, the United States of America. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.