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  • Plan of Fort Victoria, Vancouver's Island, Cammusan Harbour

    Alternative Title
    Fort Victoria, Vancouver Island
    Subject
    Fortification and Architectural drawing
    Creator
    Vavasour, Mervin
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1845
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 575
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia, British Columbia--Vancouver Island, and British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    53.99983, -125.0032, 48.4359, -123.35155, and 49.65064, -125.44939
    Chronological Coverage
    1845
    Physical Repository
    National Archives (Great Britain)
    Collection
    Early BC Maps Collection
    Provenance
    National Archives of the UK
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Sponsor
    Funded by a Canadian Council of Archives, Archival Community Digitization Program.
    Genre
    historical maps and site plans
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: MPHH1-459 (5)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-22
    Transcript
    "Octagonal bastions 5 feet side lower stories. Upper 10 feet contain 6 - 6lb iron guns and is built of squared pine, as also the houses. Pickets of cedar 20 feet high."
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg and Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP May 3, 2010.