Plan of Matsqui Indian Reserves, New Westminster District [tracing]

Surveyed and drawn by W. S. Jemmett, 1881-1882. [Signed by I.W. Powell, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, 30 May 1882.] [Approved by F.G. Vernon, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, 19 March 1892.] Tracing of a map showing Reserves along the Fraser River including the Main Reserve, Reserve No. 2 (Island), Reserve No. 3 (Island), Sahhacum Reserve, and one close to the international border with the United States. Land cover and features described on the map include the 49th parallel, a waggon road from New Westminster to Yale, a village, Matsqui dykes, lots, and locations of timber.

In Collection:

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

Creator

• Surveyor General of British Columbia

Contributor

• Jemmett, William Sugden, Captain, 1835-1922

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Plan Number: 08TR-IR (tracing) (New Westminster)
• New Westminster 8
• LTSA Inventory No.: LTSA6172
• Plan Barcode: Z0366422
• LTSA SGD Microfilm Image Number: 106429

Keyword

• Indian Reserve Plans
• New Westminster Land District

Date created

• 1881 to 1892

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 sheet

Alternative title

• Plan of Matsqui Indian Reserves, New Westminster District, British Columbia

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Abbotsford--Matsqui
• British Columbia--Abbotsford
• British Columbia--Matsqui Island
• British Columbia--Metro Vancouver Regional District
• British Columbia--Fraser River

Coordinates

• 49.08298, -122.28588
• 49.11637, -122.33588
• 49.06914, -122.28539

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/10.58066/6qqb-b161

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