Town of Victoria, Vancouver Island, from the Official Map

The city of Victoria divided into numbered plots of land with several lots coloured in with orange for an unknown reason. Relief markings and sketches show the land cover and land forms, especially along the coast. Streets are named along with drawings of some buildings including the fire department, police barracks, the Fort, and the Colonial Offices. Other places and features named include Rose Bay, Work Point and Island, Berens Island, West Bay, Coffin Point, Colvile Island, Sleeper Rocks, Songees Village, Laurel Point, Victoria Harbour, Holland Point, Ogden Point, Rock Bay, James Bay, and Beacon Hill with the Race Course.

In Collection:

• Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia Maps

Creator

• Pemberton, J. Despard (Joseph Despard), 1821-1893

Subject

• Cities and towns--Maps

Publisher

• J. Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square, London

Language

• eng

Identifier

• 106901
• LSV Number: 3T2VT

Keyword

• buildings
• harbours
• scale bars
• relief
• street grids
• cadastral
• bays

Date created

• January 7, 1861

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 sheet ; 55 x 68 cm

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155

Additional physical characteristics

• Scale: 1 mile 80 chains

Physical repository

• Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia

Collection

• Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia Maps

Provenance

• Surveyor General of BC, Legal Surveys Vault

Provider

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

Genre

• historical maps
• relief maps
• cadastral maps
• maps (documents)

Date digitized

• September 26, 2018

Technical note

• 300 dpi; Metadata by KD

Permalink

• https://vault.library.uvic.ca/concern/generic_works/154a743c-c58f-4914-9835-0a44bfed3bac

Rights

• This material is owned by the Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia (LTSA). The Cartographic Record of this digital image is in the possession of the Surveyor General Division, LTSA.Any reproduction of this material must credit the Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia as the source for this record.To purchase high-resolution scanned files of these maps and plans, contact orderdesk@ltsa.ca. Request should cite the LTSA Surveyor General's Vault map number (eg. 16T1 Land Reserves).

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