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  • Sketch map of part of British Columbia shewing trails and routes of communication

    Subject
    Roads
    Contributor
    Moody, Richard Clement and Launders, James Benjamin
    Publisher
    Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers. Columbia Detachment.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1860
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 390
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia and British Columbia--New Westminster
    Coordinates
    53.99983, -125.0032 and 49.20678, -122.91092
    Chronological Coverage
    1860
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:316,800
    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
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: MPG1-657
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-22
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg and Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 30, 2010.

  • Sketch of the Country between Jervis Inlet and Port Pemberton, in British Columbia

    Alternative Title
    Jervis Inlet and Port Pemberton
    Creator
    Mayne, Richard Charles
    Publisher
    Great Britain. War Office. Topographical Depot.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1860
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 391
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    Pacific Ocean--Jervis Inlet, British Columbia, and British Columbia--Pemberton
    Coordinates
    49.76524, -124.20842, 50 30'N--49 05'N / 124 50'W--122 40'W, 50.31641, -122.80273, and 53.99983, -125.0032
    Chronological Coverage
    1860
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:316,800
    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
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: CO700-BRITISH COLUMBIA8 (3)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg and Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 21, 2010.

  • Stekin River (c. 1860)

    Alternative Title
    Stikine River
    Subject
    Mines and mineral resources and Gold mines and mining
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1860?
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 552
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    North America--Stikine River and British Columbia
    Coordinates
    56.56389, -132.40444 and 53.99983, -125.0032
    Chronological Coverage
    186X
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:633,600
    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
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: CO700-BRITISH COLUMBIA8 (4)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg and Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP, April 21, 2010.

  • British Columbia, reduced copy of the map referred to in the despatch of Governor Douglas of 16 July 1861

    Subject
    Gold mines and mining and British Columbia
    Creator
    Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
    Contributor
    Douglas, James, 1803-1877
    Publisher
    John Arrowsmith
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1861
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 398
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia
    Coordinates
    54N-49N/123W-118W
    Chronological Coverage
    1861
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:1,520,640
    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
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: FO925-1821
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP May 4, 2010. and 600 dpi jpg

  • British Columbia, showing carriage roads completed, in progress, and proposed

    Subject
    British Columbia
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1861
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 402
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia
    Coordinates
    62N-50N/140W-115W
    Chronological Coverage
    1861
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:2,344,320
    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
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: CO700-BRITISH COLUMBIA11 (1)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 23, 2010. and 600 dpi jpg

  • Douglas, British Columbia (1861)

    Creator
    McColl, William
    Contributor
    Conroy, James, Oldham, William, Breakenridge, Archibald T., and Parsons, Robert Mann
    Publisher
    Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers. Columbia Detachment.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1861
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 401
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia and British Columbia--Douglas Lake
    Coordinates
    50.16465, -120.19798 and 53.99983, -125.0032
    Chronological Coverage
    1861
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:2534.4
    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
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: CO700-BRITISH COLUMBIA11 (7)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg and Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 26, 2010.

  • Esquimalt & Victoria Harbours

    Alternative Title
    North America, West Coast, Vancouver Island, Esquimalt and Victoria Harbours, surveyed by Capt. G. H. Richards, R.N., and the Officers of H.M.S. Hecate 1861-2
    Subject
    Nautical charts and Coast defenses
    Creator
    Richards, G. H. (George Henry)
    Contributor
    Davies & Powell, Adlard, Henry, and Powell, E. J.
    Publisher
    Great Britain. Hydrographic Office
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1861 to 1879
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 459
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    Canada, British Columbia, British Columbia--Esquimalt, and British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    53.99983, -125.0032, 48.4359, -123.35155, 48 25'49"N / 123 26'45"W, 60.10867, -113.64258, and 48.43569, -123.41174
    Chronological Coverage
    1861/1862
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:12,160
    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
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: WO78-2311 (20)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by CDW, April 28, 2010 and 600 dpi jpg

  • Fraser river is at present the only means of access to the interior of British Columbia without passing through foreign territory

    Subject
    Navigation
    Creator
    Parsons, Robert Mann
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1861
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 399
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Fraser River
    Coordinates
    49.11636, -123.18594
    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
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: CO700-BRITISH COLUMBIA11 (2a)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Transcript
    The Fraser river is at present the only means of access to the interior of British Columbia without passing through foreign territory. The Fraser is navigable as far as New Westminster at all times for vessels drawing 16 feet of water; and for vessels drawing 19 feet if...
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg and Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 23, 2010.

  • Gold Regions of the Fraser River and Cariboo Country, British Columbia, from reconnaissance by the Honourable Judge Begbie (1861)

    Alternative Title
    Fraser River District
    Subject
    Gold mines and mining
    Creator
    Begbie, Matthew Baillie, Sir, 1819-1894
    Contributor
    Mayne, Richard Charles and Palmer, R. E.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1861
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 396
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia, British Columbia--Cariboo Regional District, and British Columbia--Fraser River
    Coordinates
    53.99983, -125.0032 and 52.33313, -123.16961
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:316,800 (Inset map: 1:1,267,200)
    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
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: CO700-BRITISH COLUMBIA8 (6)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg and Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP, April 21, 2010.

  • Hope, British Columbia

    Subject
    City planning
    Creator
    McColl, William
    Contributor
    Oldham, William, Launders, James Benjamin, and Parsons, Robert Mann
    Publisher
    Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers. Columbia Detachment.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1861
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 401
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Hope
    Coordinates
    49.38299, -121.44144
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:5280
    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
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: CO700-BRITISH COLUMBIA11 (3)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg and Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 26, 2010.