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Fire Insurance Plan of the City of Winnipeg, Charles E. Goad Co.
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- Cartographic material
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1895-1905 (Creation)
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- Charles E. Goad Company
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- Maps originally printed as far back as 1895, but were updated by pasting new content over old content until 1905.
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1 vol. of cartographic material : 84 maps and 5 indexes on 46 sheets; 62 x 55 cm
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Administrative history
The Charles E. Goad Company was established by Charles Goad in Montreal in 1875 and dominated the Canadian fire insurance plan business for more than fifty years. Fire insurance underwriting firms like Goad’s produced detailed plans of urban communities for subscribing fire insurance companies and their agents to assist in assessing fire liability of insurance holders. At the time of his death in 1910, Goad and his surveyors had mapped over thirteen hundred Canadian communities. The company continued under the direction of Goad’s three sons. In 1911, an agreement was reached between the Goad Company and the Canadian Fire Underwriters’ Association (CFUA) by which the Goad’s was to make and revise plans for the CFUA. The agreement was terminated in 1917 and soon after the CFUA acquired exclusive rights to revise and reprint the Goad plans for the use of Association members. The company ceased production of fire insurance plans by 1918 and was dissolved in 1930.
Custodial history
Records were transferred to the Archives by Land Surveys and Real Estate in 1987.
Scope and content
A set of fire insurance plans that were created and used by the Charles E. Goad Co. to assess risks. Each map shows outlines of buildings and other structures along city streets, using symbols and colours to highlight relevent details, such as building material and number of floors. The maps were updated between 1895 and 1905 to accomodate new and alterred structures. This was done by pasting new content over older. Each map has an associated sheet number that corresponds to a key on a larger map, which can be used to quickly identify maps of specific areas.
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Arranged by sheet number.
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Copyright: public domain. There are no restrictions on using these records.