Town of Victoria, Vancouver Island, from the Official Map

The city of Victoria with detailed numbered plots of land and the streets named. There are a few plots labeled A-F that seem to represent government reserves including Beacon Hill Park, government buildings, and a district school reserve. Many place names and features are labeled including Holland Point, Ogden Point, Royal Bay, Victoria Harbour, part of the Esquimalt District, James Bay, churches, cemeteries, the Fort, Songees Village, and private property.

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

• Arrowsmith, John

Language

• eng

Identifier

• 106930
• LSV Number: 31T2VIC TOWN

Keyword

• towns
• reserves
• streets
• cadastral
• cities
• parks
• bays

Date created

• January 7, 1861

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

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

• maps (documents)
• cadastral maps
• historical maps

Date digitized

• February 24, 2012

Technical note

• 400 dpi; Metadata by KD

Permalink

• https://vault.library.uvic.ca/concern/generic_works/793fd71d-177a-4268-9cd8-c1b997c43428

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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