Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id., showing the boundary line between British & American possessions

North-West American Water Boundary (San Juan). Maps (5), annexed to the case of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty submitted to the arbitration and award of H.M. the Emperor of Germany, in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty between Great Britain and the United States of America. Signed at Washington 8th May, 1871. (3 copies.) Author, Publisher, &c.: Official, London. [Juan de Fuca, Strait, 1872; 1873]. Scale not given. From the Admiralty Surveys by Captains H. Kellett, R.N., 1847 & G.H. Richards, R.N., 1858-62. At head of title: North America, west coast. Drawn by Edward J. Powell of the Hydrographic Office. Malby & Sons, Lith. Depths shown by soundings in fathoms. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows detailed topography and bathymetry of the Straits of Juan de Fuca and waters between Straits of Georgia and Admiralty Inlet. Identifies islands, coastal features, reefs. banks, kelp beds, point of anchorage and mountain peaks. Also gives information on lighthouses, bottom types and tides. Boundary line is shaded red on the side of British possessions, blue on the side of the American possessions. MS note transcribed below.

In Collection:

• Early British Columbia Maps

Creator

• Powell, E. J.

Contributor

• Thornton, Edward, Sir, 1766-1852
• Prevost, James Charles
• Richards, G. H. (George Henry)
• Kellett, Henry, 1806-1875
• Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893
• Malby & Sons

Subject

• San Juan Boundary Dispute (1846-1872)
• Nautical charts

Publisher

• Great Britain. Hydrographic Office.

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Penfold Number: 523

Keyword

• Penfold Category: Juan de Fuca, Strait, 1872, 1873

Date created

• 1871 to 1872

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sheet

Geographic coverage

• Pacific Ocean--Strait of Georgia
• Pacific Ocean--Haro Strait
• British Columbia--Vancouver Island
• Pacific Ocean--Strait of Juan de Fuca

Coordinates

• 49 05'N-48 05'N/124 50'W-122 25'W
• 49.48262, -124.06723
• 48.29674, -124.01225
• 48.54876, -123.21918
• 49.65064, -125.44939

Chronological coverage

• 1847 to 1873

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-CANADA125 (11)

Date digitized

• April 12, 2010

Transcript

• "Chart referred to in the Protocol of the undersigned of this date, Edward Thornton, James C. Prevost, Hamilton Fish, Washington, March 10th, 1873. I hereby certify this chart to be a true copy [signed] Geo. Henry Richards, Hydrographer of the Admiralty, 2nd April, 1873."

Technical note

• 600 dpi jpg
• Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 28, 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/jdg4-s116

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