Plan No. 5 of the Nass River Indian Reserve, Coast District

Surveyed and drawn by F.A. Devereux, 1890-1891. [Signed by P. O'Reilly, Indian Reserve Commissioner, no date.] [Approved by F.G. Vernon, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, 4 May, 1892.] Based upon the district name in the plan title, this land was originally part of Coast Land District. Map showing many Reserves situated along Observatory Inlet connected to Nass River and its Hastings and Alice Arms including: Reserve No. 20 (Kinmeliz) located on the banks of Salmon Cove; Reserve No. 21 (Slooks) located near Dawkins Point; Reserve No. 22 (Staqoo) on Staqoo River; Reserve No. 23 (Ktsinet) by Perry Bay; Reserve No. 24 (Gizault) where Gizault River meets the Alice Arm of Observatory Inlet; Reserve No. 25 (Wit-Zim-A-Gon) with a note next to it saying "This is not an I.R."; Reserve No. 26 (Tack-U-An) located on the Hastings Arm of Observatory Inlet and Lake Shnow-Een; Reserve No. 27 (Ksh-Wan) on Ksh-Wan River connected to the Hastings Arm; and Reserve No. 28 (Scow-Ban). Also included is an inset map showing a Reference Map with all the locations of these reserves all together. Land cover and features described on the map include soil types, spruce, hemlock, salt marshes, and trails.

In Collection:

• Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia: Indian Reserve Maps

Creator

• Surveyor General of British Columbia

Contributor

• Devereux, Francis Algernon, 1867-1960

Subject

• Land titles
• Indian reservations
• Land use
• Land cover
• Indigenous peoples
• Land titles--Maps

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Plan Number: 05TR-IR (Cassiar)
• LTSA Inventory No.: LTSA6167
• Plan Barcode: Z0366277
• Cassiar 5
• LTSA SGD Microfilm Image Number: 106309

Keyword

• Indian Reserve Plans
• Cassiar Land District

Date created

• 1890 to 1891

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 sheet

Geographic coverage

• Pacific Ocean--Alice Arm
• British Columbia--Nass River
• British Columbia--Dawkins Point
• British Columbia--Cassiar (District)
• British Columbia--Kitsault River
• Pacific Ocean--Observatory Inlet
• Pacific Ocean--Hastings Arm

Coordinates

• 54.9916, -129.84509
• 55.48219, -129.48173
• 55.44888, -129.56709
• 55.51289, -129.77325
• 55.24253, -129.83986
• 57.49965, -129.0038
• 55.26869, -129.80649

Additional physical characteristics

• Scale: 1 inch = 40 chains

Physical repository

• Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia

Collection

• Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia: Indian Reserve Maps

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• historical maps
• land surveys
• maps (documents)

Technical note

• Cataloguing metadata: Provided by the LTSA and adapted by University of Victoria Libraries to their requirements.

Rights

• For permission to publish or otherwise reproduce, or to purchase a high-resolution digital file, please contact the LTSA at orderdesk@ltsa.ca. Reproductions must credit the LTSA as source and cite the Surveyor General Vault map number or other unique identifier listed on this catalogue record.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/xabm-s187

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