Early British Columbia Maps // Vault

These maps, from the National Archives of the UK, primarily span the dates 1846-1876 and show the development of the territory from the two founding colonies until after the Province joined confederation. A few earlier maps were collected by the Colonial Office in response to the San Juan dispute and these are also included.

Resource type

Collection

Subject

Local History

Genre

Location

British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada

Permalink: https://vault.library.uvic.ca/collections/667ca6ed-c872-4162-9a5f-7180ad5a1b65

Collection Details

: Items 248
: Last Updated 2024-07-31

Parent Collections (1)

British Columbia Historical Maps

List of items in this collection
Title	Date Created	Date Added	Visibility
Shawnigan District (1859)	1859	2020-07-23	Public
Shawnigan District (1859)	1859	2020-07-23	Public
Sketch of part of British Columbia	1859	2020-07-23	Public
Somenos District (1859)	1859	2020-07-23	Public
Somenos District (1859)	1859	2020-07-23	Public
Vancouver Island and the Gulf of Georgia	1859	2020-07-23	Public
Map of the Country from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, showing the Western Boundary of Canada & the Eastern Boundary of British Columbia, also the Fertile Belt stretching from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains	1860	2020-07-23	Public
Nanaimo Harbour and Departure Bay	1860/1879	2020-07-23	Public
Plan of the town of Victoria (1860)	1860	2020-07-23	Public
Plans and elevation of a coal shed on Thetis Island, Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island	1860	2020-07-23	Public

Early British Columbia Maps

Collection Details

Parent Collections (1)

Works (248)