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  • San Juan Water Boundary (Arbitration) : list of maps sent to Admiral Prevost at Berlin on the 12th June 1872 [map 23]

    Alternative Title
    Becher and Pedder Bays
    Subject
    Bays
    Creator
    Kellett, Henry, 1806-1875
    Contributor
    J. & C. Walker (Firm) and Great Britain. Hydrographic Office
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1775 to 1866
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 452
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia--Pedder Bay, and British Columbia--Becher Bay
    Coordinates
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Chronological Coverage
    1846
    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: FO925-1650 pt1 (23)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg and Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by SC, May 4, 2010.

  • 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.

  • Sketch of Cammusan Harbour south end of Vancouver's Island, Straits of De Fuca shewing position of Fort Victoria & soundings

    Alternative Title
    Cammusan Harbour (Victoria Harbour), British Columbia
    Subject
    Harbors and Nautical charts
    Creator
    Vavasour, Mervin
    Contributor
    Scarboro, J.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1845?
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 555
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia, and British Columbia--Victoria Harbour
    Coordinates
    48.4165, -123.39681, 48.4359, -123.35155, and 53.99983, -125.0032
    Chronological Coverage
    1845
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:7160
    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: MPHH1-459 (3)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-22
    Technical Note
    Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP May 3, 2010. and 600 dpi jpg

  • Sketch of Cammusan Harbour, Vancouvers Island, showing the position of Fort Victoria

    Alternative Title
    Cammusan Harbour (Victoria Harbour), British Columbia
    Subject
    Nautical charts and Harbors
    Creator
    Vavasour, Mervin
    Contributor
    Scarboro, J.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1846?
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 556
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia, and British Columbia--Victoria Harbour
    Coordinates
    53.99983, -125.0032, 48.4165, -123.39681, and 48.4359, -123.35155
    Chronological Coverage
    1846
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:7160
    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: MPK1-59 (10)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-22
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg and Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP May 3, 2010.

  • Victoria Harbour

    Alternative Title
    America N.W. Coast Vancouver Island
    Subject
    Harbors
    Creator
    Kellett, Henry, 1806-1875
    Contributor
    J. & C. Walker (Firm)
    Publisher
    Great Britain. Hydrographic Office.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1848
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 576
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Chronological Coverage
    1847
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:8917
    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: FO925-1807
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by SC, April 21, 2010. and 600 dpi jpg

  • Map of Vancouver Island and the adjacent coasts

    Alternative Title
    Vancouver Island and the adjacent coasts
    Creator
    Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
    Contributor
    Vancouver, George, 1757-1798, Kellett, Henry, 1806-1875, and Alcalá-Galiano, Dionisio, 1760-1805
    Publisher
    John Arrowsmith
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1853
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 565
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia--Yuquot, British Columbia--Vancouver Island, and British Columbia--Pacific Coast
    Coordinates
    52 00'N--48 00'N / 129 00'W--122 00'W, 49.65064, -125.44939, 48.4359, -123.35155, and 49.59288, -126.62001
    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: FO925-1238
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by SC, April 28, 2010. and 600 dpi jpg

  • Map of the Districts of Victoria and Esquimalt in Vancouver Island

    Alternative Title
    Districts of Victoria and Esquimalt in Vancouver Island
    Subject
    Indigenous peoples
    Contributor
    Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
    Publisher
    John Arrowsmith
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1854
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    National Archives Number: CO700-BRITISH COLUMBIA2 and Penfold Number: 590
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia, British Columbia--Esquimalt, British Columbia--Vancouver Island, and British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.4359, -123.35155, 53.99983, -125.0032, 48.43569, -123.41174, and 49.65064, -125.44939
    Chronological Coverage
    1854
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:31,680
    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
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Technical Note
    Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 22, 2010. and 600 dpi jpg

  • Haro Strait and Middle Channel

    Subject
    Nautical charts
    Creator
    Richards, G. H. (George Henry)
    Contributor
    J. & C. Walker (Firm)
    Publisher
    Great Britain, Hydrographic Office
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1858 to 1879
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 480
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    Pacific Ocean--Haro Strait and British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.54876, -123.21918 and 48.4359, -123.35155
    Chronological Coverage
    1858/1879
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:72,900
    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 (18)
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-12
    Transcript
    To accompany my report of this day's date, J.B. Lovell, Colonel C. R. Engineer, Halifax, N.S. 20th December 1879
    Technical Note
    Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by CDW, April 30, 2010 and 600 dpi jpg

  • Plan of the town of Victoria (1860)

    Subject
    Buildings and City planning
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1860
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Penfold Number: 578
    Extent
    1 sheet
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Chronological Coverage
    1860
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:396
    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
    lots (land) and historical maps
    Archival Item Identifier
    National Archives Number: MPG1-250
    Date Digitized
    2010-04-22
    Technical Note
    Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 29, 2010. and 600 dpi jpg

  • 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