New Westminster to Lillooet, from a general Map in preparation by Royal Engineers. 10 miles to 1 inch. New Westminster. [British Columbia, 1861]. Manuscript notes all over map. Notes probably by R.M. Parsons. Reduced & drawn by R. Armstrong R.E.; Lithographed by W. Oldham, R.E.; Prepared under the direction of Capt. Parsons, R. Eng., New Westminster August 1861. See related letter: The Fraser River is at present the only means of access to the interior of British Columbia without passing through foreign territory.

In Collection:

• Early British Columbia Maps

Creator

• Armstrong, Robert

Contributor

• Oldham, William
• Parsons, Robert Mann

Subject

• Highway planning

Publisher

• Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers. Columbia Detachment.

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Penfold Number: 399

Keyword

• Penfold Category: British Columbia, 1861

Date created

• 1861

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sheet

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Fraser River
• British Columbia
• British Columbia--Squamish-Lillooet
• British Columbia--New Westminster

Coordinates

• 50.6856, -121.942
• 49.11636, -123.18594
• 53.99983, -125.0032
• 49.20678, -122.91092
• 50N-49N/124W-122W

Chronological coverage

• 1861

Additional physical characteristics

• 1:633,600

Physical Repository

• National Archives (Great Britain)

Collection

• Early BC Maps Collection

Provenance

• National Archives of the UK

Provider

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

Sponsor

• Funded by a Canadian Council of Archives, Archival Community Digitization Program.

Genre

• maps (documents)
• historical maps

Archival item identifier

• National Archives Number: CO700-BRITISH COLUMBIA11 (2)

Date digitized

• April 12, 2010

Technical note

• 600 dpi jpg
• Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 23, 2010.

Rights

• These images are provided under license by The National Archives of the UK and cannot be reproduced or copied without their permission. To purchase high-resolution tiff files of these maps for publication, contact: image-library@nationalarchives.gov.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 8392 5225. A scale of reproduction fees applies for commercial publication, exhibition display or TV broadcast. Details on request. Request should cite the National Archives Number. Infringement of the above condition may result in legal action. These images are provided for research only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/c9se-y866

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