NEW

Ÿ 1:1,000,000 geological base

Towards a new geological highway map of Manitoba Ÿ Scalable to 1:250,000 seamless geological base
(some digital version only)
Ÿ Accessible points of interest
Ÿ Parks
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Ÿ Public spaces
Manitoba Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Division

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MGS Ÿ GeoTours video links (digital products only)
Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade
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Multi-platform maps and on-the-road versions
Winnipeg, Manitoba Ÿ Map – smaller and easier to handle
Ÿ PDF – download to your phone or tablet for on the
access
Ÿ Dedicated website -
Ÿ GIS Map Gallery

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Ÿ Cold Manitoba – The Quaternary
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Ÿ Tropical Manitoba – The Phanerozoic
The Manitoba Geological Survey is updating the vveerrs Ÿ Old Manitoba – The Precambrian
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geological highway map of Manitoba. First published

in 1987 and re-released in 1994, and now out-of-print,
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The map will have a brand new 1:1,000,000 scale

geological base that will be scalable to 1:250,000 in pprroodduc ry
some digital versions. With a new modern layout, it
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will be easier to use, smaller in size and more Lynn Lake area
versatile. It will be available in many forms, including Churchill paleoshoreline

Proterozoic
paper, PDF and a dedicated website.
Ordovician–Silurian

It will include new points of interest with particular

focus on sites in parks, along the roadside and in
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Proterozoic quartzite

Manitoba through the eras. Perfect for personal or

classroom use. Precambrian conglomerate

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Proterozoic pillow basalt

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Cretaceous fossil
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Educational posters
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Geological History of Manitoba (in progress)

Old Manitoba - the Precambrian (in progress)

Cretaceous shale First gold mill in
Archean pillow basalt Manitoba
Tropical Manitoba - the Phanerozoic (in progress)

Cold Manitoba - the Quaternary series (released)

“The Cold Manitoba - the Quaternary” series Souris River Hecla Island cephalopod fossil
is available for download at
the Manitoba Rocks website:
www.gov.mb.ca/iem/min-ed/teensrock/history

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GeoTours YouTube videos Tertiary gravels fossil burrows

Ordovician limestone
Pembina Valley

Steeprock Narcisse
West Hawk Lake

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank all those who have This poster was presented at the Manitoba Mines Quaternary glacial meltwater spillway
contributed their time, knowledge and photos to this project. and Minerals Convention, November 16-18, 2016 Paleozoic karst limestone Archean andesite
Winnipeg, MB, Canada Ordovician limestone Meteor impact crator