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  • Sketch of Cammusan Harbour, Vancouvers Island. shewing the position of Fort Victoria, from a Drawing of Js. Scarboro Capt H.H.B .C. M Vavasour Leiut Royal Engrs Inset: Plan of the fort

    Subject
    Harbors
    Creator
    Vavasour, Mervin
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    approximately 1846
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Contractual restrictions
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Ruggles Number: 280A and G1/198
    Extent
    1 sheet ; 49.2 x 67 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Esquimalt and British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.4359, -123.35155 and 48.43569, -123.41174
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    1:7,200 inset 1:1,200
    Physical Repository
    Hudson's Bay Company. Archives
    Collection
    Early B.C. Maps from the Hudson's Bay Company Archives
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Date Digitized
    2013-05-10
    Transcript
    Shoal Pt bears NNE from Rocky Pt Do Do N from Valley of Angeles. High water full & change 3 KM rise 8 feet, tides very irregular. The soundings are for Low waster Spring tides. Lat 48 [Degrees] 26'N. Long 123 [Degrees] 9'W Grace's run dry in the summer...

  • Small sketch of claims by some settlers at Nisqually

    Subject
    Real property
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    approximately 1846
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Contractual restrictions
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    B223/z/5 fo. 164 and Ruggles Number: 290A
    Extent
    1 sheet ; 18 x 20 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    United States--Columbia River, Pacific Ocean--Puget Sound, Washington (State)--Fort Nisqually (DuPont), and Washington (State)--Seattle
    Coordinates
    47.60621, -122.33207, 47.83315, -122.43458, and 47.30288, -122.52818
    Physical Repository
    Hudson's Bay Company. Archives
    Collection
    Early B.C. Maps from the Hudson's Bay Company Archives
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    maps (documents) and historical maps
    Date Digitized
    2012-05-02
    Transcript
    This claim was presented by me in recorders Office Augt. 8th in the name of John Waffing ditto ditto ditto ditto in the name of Johnston No 31 G D Smith recorded 6th Augt. Stagg recorded 6th Augt Siloiel recorded 6th Augt Kent recorded 6th Augt Hull recorded 5th Augt Lake...
    Technical Note
    600 dpi jpg ; Scanning of transparencies by JF. Watermarking by CDW. Metadata by RM, KM.