The Western Portion of
British North America,
Showing the Route followed by
Lord Milton & Dr. Cheadle,
From the Saskatchewan to British Columbia.
1863-4

In lower left-hand corner: “John Dower” folllowed by illegible characters.

Milton and Cheadle travelled through the Yellowhead Pass in 1863. This map first appears in the 7th edition of Milton and Cheadle’s book North-West Passage by Land:

The Illustrations of this Work are taken almost entirely from photographs and sketches taken on the spot, and will, it is hoped, possess a certain value and interest, as depicting scenes never before drawn by any pencil, and many of which had never previously been visited by any white man, some of them not even by an Indian. Our most cordial thanks are due to Mr. E. P. Leitch, and Messrs. Cooper and Linton, for the admirable manner in which they have been executed; and to Mr. Arrowsmith, for the great care and labour he has bestowed on working out the geography of a district heretofore so imperfectly known [1].

John A. Arrowsmith [1790–1873] was a prominent British cartographer.

John James Dower [1825–1901] was a mapmaker, print seller, and publisher based in London.