Trek in Search of Work, 1928-1939


Units

Area units:
Provinces, as they were in the 1930s, are shown.

Data units:
Orange lines of movement represent then relative number of people using transportation routes across Canada during the depression looking for work. Purple circles represent the relative number of people embarking and disembarking at urban places in search of work.
Green, red and blue lines and circles represent the specific treks of two individuals and one couple as they travelled across Canada looking for work.


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Legend Description

Treks in search of work
Green, red and blue coloured lines represent the routes of the treks taken by two individuals and one couple as they travelled across Canada looking for work. Only one trek is visible at a time.

Stops along the treks
Green, red and blue coloured circles represent stops in search of work along the treks of the two individuals and one couple. The stops are numbered on the map, see Active Tools below to learn how to interpret the numbers.

General movement of transient people
Orange lines of movement represent then relative number of people using transportation routes across Canada during the depression looking for work. Purple circles represent the relative number of people embarking and disembarking at urban places in search of work.


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Layers

Clicking the checkbox beside the folder icon will turn on all six layers associated with Nelson Thibault's trek. Only one trek can be displayed at once. Clicking the checkbox beside NELSON THIBAULT will turn off the BILL JOHNSTONE or PHYLLIS AND ALI KNIGHT layers if they are on.
Each layer within this folder represents a year of travel and work along his trek. When checked, each will show the travel routes and stops along his trek for that year. Each layer (or year) can be turned on and off individually.
Clicking the checkbox beside the folder icon will turn on all three layers associated with Bill Johnstone's trek. Only one trek can be displayed at once. Clicking the checkbox beside BILL JOHNSTONE will turn off the NELSON THIBAULT or PHYLLIS AND ALI KNIGHT layers if they are on.
Each layer within this folder represents a timeperiod of travel and work along his trek. When checked, each will show the travel routes and stops along his trek for that timeperiod. Each layer (or timeperiod) can be turned on and off individually.
Clicking the checkbox beside the folder icon will turn on all four layers associated with Phyllis and Ali Knight's trek. Only one trek can be displayed at once. Clicking the checkbox beside PHYLLIS AND ALI KNIGHT will turn off the NELSON THIBAULT or BILL JOHNSTONE layers if they are on.
Each layer within this folder represents a timeperiod of travel and work along their treks. When checked, each will show the travel routes and stops along their trek for that timeperiod. Each layer (or timeperiod) can be turned on and off individually.

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Active Tools

 Zoom in: Zooming in on this map will cause the numbered stops along the treks to turn from numbers into small descriptions of what took place at each stop.
Click on the checkbox beside any of the trek folders, to make it the active layer, then use the tools below to get data about this layer.

Identify: Click on any one of the stops along the trek (coloured circles), to pop-up a window describing the events that took place at every stop along the trek. This is designed to be used when zoomed-out, and the stops are labeled simply with numbers. When zoomed in, the stops become labeled with complete descriptions of the events that took place at that stop (see Map Tips below).
Table: Click on any one of the stops along the trek, or click and drag across the map to select a group of stops to learn more about the trek. See Table Fields below for a description of the information available.

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Table Fields - Nelson Thibault or Bill Johnstone or Phyllis and Ali Knight

Place Name of the city or town where the trekker stopped.
Story of trek The details of what happened to the trekker when they stopped in that city or town.

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Map Tips

Zoom in to have the stories of the treks display right on the map.
When zoomed out, only the numbers associated with the stops along the trek appear. At these scales you can use the Data(Identify) tool to click on a stop, and display the complete story in a pop-up window.

Zooming in however, will cause the numbers at each stop to be replaced by the story of what happened at that stop (see image at left).

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