Series consists of several files containing forms, messages, and correspondence between chart depots at various locations in the world and the Hydrographic Services Office in Halifax, N.S. from 1945 to 1996. Includes files regarding dispersal of hydrographic supplies, dangers and aids to navigation, chart and map procurement, admiralty publications and the administration of the Hydrographic Services Office. Also, includes numerous requests for charts and other hydrographic publications, as well as various documents describing the shipping, receiving and issuing of charts to various ships and other hydrographic offices. The files are arranged in numerical order by HSO scheme number. Files with no reference number are filed in alphabetical order by title at the end of the series.
Fonds consists of files containing forms, messages and correspondence between chart depots at various locations in the world and the Hydrographic Services Office in Halifax, N.S. Includes files regarding dispersal of hydrographic supplies, dangers and aids to navigation, chart and map procurement, admiralty publications and the administration of the Hydrographic Services Office. Also, fonds contains various lists and logs, such as Chart Correction Logs and Folio Indexes, Consecutive Lists of Admiralty Charts and Candydrolants, and the HSO log for 1942-1945, as well as 26 compact disks of miscellaneous naval images from the Hydrographic Services Offices in Halifax. Includes eight published volumes of maps, including an ice atlas of Canada and an incomplete set of the US Navy Marine Climatic Atlases. Also includes There are five series:
- Reference Numbered Files
- Central Registry Files
- Lists, Logs, etc.
- Published Maps
- Miscellaneous Electronic Images
Series consists of lists and logs, such as Chart Correction Logs and Folio Indexes, Consecutive Lists of Admiralty Charts and Candydrolants. The lists and logs are from the Hydrographic Services Office in Halifax, N.S from 1945 to 1992. Also includes a printout of the Hydrographic Services Office (HSO) for 1942-1945 which includes a brief mention of the Bedford magazine explosion of 1945. The files are arranged in alphabetical and chronological order according to file name.
Series consists of 26 computer disks from the Hydrographic services office in Halifax, N.S. The disks include images of charts, maps, plans, photographs and other documents dated from 1776 to 2006. The files are arranged in numerical order according to the number on the disk.
Series consists of 8 volumes of published maps. Includes an incomplete volume set of U.S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlases of the world covering the world and the following oceans: North Atlantic Ocean; the Indian Ocean; the South Atlantic Ocean; the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic Ocean. Also includes an ice atlas of Canada and an upper winds statistics charts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Series consists of several files containing forms, messages and correspondence between chart depots at various locations in the world and the Hydrographic Services Office in Halifax, N.S. during the Second World War to 1947. Includes files of the Hydrographic and Map Services Branch of the Canadian government and the Hydrographer, Naval Service Headquarters (NSHQ), Ottawa (formerly the Staff Officer, Navigator), as well as the British Admiralty’s the Hydrographer and Chief Superintendent. There are also files of: the Naval Secretary, Ottawa; the Commanding Officer Atlantic Coast; the Commodore Halifax and Commander of Dockyard (formerly the Naval Officer in Charge Halifax); and the Naval Officer in Charge and Naval Control Service Officer for Montreal, Saint John and Sydney, NS. Includes numerous requests for charts and other hydrographic publications, as well as various documents describing the shipping, receiving and issuing of charts to various ships and other hydrographic offices. There is also personal correspondence of the Commander of the Halifax Chart and Chronometer Depot, which describe personal inquiries and requests to the office. Standards on magnetic compasses, buoys and other nautical equipment are also included as well as numerous memoranda describing all administrative functions of the depot. The files are arranged in alpha-numerical order by reference number. Files with no reference number are filed in alphabetical order by title at the end of the series.