Tactile Maps of Canada, North West Territories

The map title is Northwest Territories. Tactile map scale. 1.5 centimetres = 150 kilometres North arrow pointing to the top of the page. Borders of the Northwest Territories, shown as solid lines. The Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake, shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. A filled star and the city name Yellowknife to show the location of Yellowknife. Text labels for Banks Island, Victoria Island, Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie River. The word lake is abbreviated as L, the work River is abbreviated as R and the word Island is abbreviated as I. The abbreviation "YT" to indicate the Yukon Territory. The abbreviation "BC" to indicate the province of British Columbia. The abbreviation "AB" to indicate the province of Alberta. The abbreviation "SK" to indicate the province of Saskatchewan. The abbreviation "NU" to indicate the Territory of Nunavut. 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.