A Rough Tracing of Part of British Columbia from the Columbia River to Fraser River &c. from one in the profession of the Hudson Bay Co.

A map by an Hudson's Bay Company employee with many place names and relief marks, sketches, and notes to show land cover. Starting with the southern tip of Vancouver Island in the bottom left of the map, over to Mount Baker, and then Fort Okonagan and the Okonagan and Columbia Rivers in the bottom right of the map. The Columbia River runs up the right side of the map going past Fort Shepherd and up to Canoe and Fraser Rivers and Athabaska or Red Deer or Elk River in the top right of the map. The top left of the map includes Fort Alexandria and the Chilcoaten and Fraser Rivers. Many other forts are labeled including Fort Langley, Fort Hope, Fort Douglas, Fort Dallas, Fort Berens, Fort Kamloops, and Fort Colville. Numerous other rivers, lakes, streams, mountains, and points of interest are labelled including where Fraser and Stewart left their canoes, rapids, and encampments.

In Collection:

• Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia Maps

Creator

• Hudson's Bay Company

Language

• eng

Identifier

• LSV Number: 24T3MISC

Keyword

• lakes
• relief
• rivers
• streams
• land cover
• settlements
• forts
• creeks

Date created

• 1800s

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 sheet ; 75 x 90 cm

Alternative title

• Sketch, part of BC [Van Is to Columbia River]

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Columbia River
• British Columbia--Fraser River
• British Columbia--Alexandria
• British Columbia--Okanagan Lake
• British Columbia--Lower Mainland
• British Columbia--Kamloops Lake

Coordinates

• 49.08333, -122.35
• 49.11636, -123.18594
• 50.74722, -120.80417
• 48.99983, -117.6355
• 49.84661, -119.51891
• 52.63315, -122.45286

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

• relief maps
• maps (documents)
• historical maps

Date digitized

• March 1, 2012

Technical note

• 300 dpi; Metadata by KD

Permalink

• https://vault.library.uvic.ca/concern/generic_works/3350d15d-7a5e-4bbe-9334-1e8f123c81fa

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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