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Posts by Alex McPhee

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Amalgamation of Halifax, 1996, done for Wikipedia.

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This has long been a personal obsession of mine as there seem to be zero digital maps of the pre-1971 boundaries anywhere on the Internet. Here are the best sources I found:

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Amalgamation of Winnipeg, 1971

Amalgamation of Winnipeg, 1971

For Wikipedia. Map of the amalgamation of Winnipeg, 1971.

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About the same quantity! Saskatchewan has outsold Alberta about 4:1 - as soon as I moved to Saskatchewan I immediately got treated as a local artist/personality, so I've never been able to get any kind of Alberta local press circuit despite the fact that I spent 80% of my life there.

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Digital Marketing! Have you noticed a strange experiment happening around the city of Yorkton? For the last two weeks, east-central Saskatchewan residents have been bombarded by…

Because my product is a wall map, it's really easy to produce micro-targeted digital ads. Read about my schemes here...

pronghornmaps.com/blog/digital...

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Bingo!!! Mom has been doing some rust dyeing projects so the weird shape of this thing will be appreciated. It was found in a gravel parking lot where a grain elevator was demolished in the late 40s.

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Unidentified gravel parking lot object.

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2021 Census Boundary files List of 2021 Census boundary files depicting boundaries of 2021 Census standard geographic areas for which census data are available.

Yes, I am self-taught! Which is not the most helpful thing to say. GIS is not fun unless you have something to plug into it, I recommend starting with our 2021 census - www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen...

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Simple vs. Complicated When I'm not making doomed runs for public office, I like to upload free maps to Wikipedia. (I'm not sure that I ever would have gotten into politics if I didn…

A little bit of my writing about map design: pronghornmaps.com/blog/simple-...

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Incredible name and job here

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The CCF's "Reckless Dan" program.

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Sadly I was not allowed to use this as my candidate photo

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I'm so glad I know multiple people who have had intrusive thoughts about buying a mannequin. I was very disappointed to learn that they're $400 :-(

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Kingsway HBC, Edmonton

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@deadlybeads.bsky.social I think we briefly met at Q in Regina - sorry I don't have an instagram lol - I am super interested in paying for a custom bolo tie, DM me if you are looking for new projects!!

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House Number Hunting in Vancouver I recently had a free day in downtown Vancouver. Yes, this really is how I spend all my vacations! Unlike my research excursions in Saskatchewan and Alberta…

Vancouver has them too!!

pronghornmaps.com/blog/old-hou...

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The joys of moonlighting as the @canadianpolling.bsky.social webmaster...

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The Canadian House of Commons Alex McPhee's unique maps of Canadian democracy

I've done quite a lot of these election cartograms, check out more here: pronghornmaps.com/commons/

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Cartogram of the popular vote in the 2021 federal election.

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The CPC's next leader should be a socially liberal maverick who spends a lot of time around the prairie base. They should find such a person and give them a huge amount of untraceable cash. Contact me for more details

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COME JOIN ME, PIERRE...

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Eating Haribo and waiting for the Swift Current--Grasslands--Kindersley call. Life could be worse

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SECOND PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!

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There's still hope!!! (7:42 pm)

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Go claim your free pencil, Canada!!!

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That's a WRAP!! GO VOTE TOMORROW!!!

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They sent me to Salvador... (, Saskatchewan)

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I never have... No Bones About It!!!

I actually belong to a Russian German church (Moravian) but I do not get a lot of use out of this biographical detail in a Catholic town.

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Canvassing in yet another town where I personally uploaded the skyline photo to Wikipedia years ago!!

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They weren't lying. This bunnock is large

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