Grand River bends
The river makes broad loops through the city. The land inside each loop is held as parkland and trails, which gives the map several soft open curves.
Minimalist map poster · Canada
43.1334° N / 80.2664° W
A southern Ontario city arranged along the deep curves of the Grand River

One city, five moods
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The map
The Grand River defines Brantford's layout. It enters from the north, swings in wide bends past the downtown and continues southeast. The older core sits on high ground beside one of these bends, and neighbourhoods spread outward on both banks, joined by a small number of bridges. Highway 403 crosses the northern part of the city as a long, clean curve.
Brantford is widely known as the Telephone City. Alexander Graham Bell's family homestead is on the edge of town, and it was here that he worked out the idea of the telephone in 1874. The city is also Wayne Gretzky's hometown, and a street and a sports centre carry his name. The Six Nations of the Grand River territory lies just to the southeast.
A Brantford map poster shows a city shaped around a river more than around a plan. Streets change direction wherever the valley bends, and the floodplain parks and trails along the water appear as wide empty ribbons. Across the river, the western and southern districts have their own grids, set at different angles.
The river makes broad loops through the city. The land inside each loop is held as parkland and trails, which gives the map several soft open curves.
The historic core sits on raised ground beside the river. Its compact grid ends abruptly at the edge of the valley.
The highway sweeps across the northern neighbourhoods in one long arc, the most mechanical line on a map otherwise shaped by water.
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The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Brantford
For people from Brantford, the river curves are the shape of home: walks along the trails, drives over the bridges and the old downtown on its rise. It also makes a good gift for anyone interested in where the telephone began.
Add a family name, a street or a year to the title, and choose from five styles, including the soft Paper and the technical Blueprint. The $9 digital download includes 300 DPI PNG and PDF files in six sizes. A printed, framed version can also be shipped.
Order the Brantford poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
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