Plan of Sumass Indian Reserves, New Westminster District [original]

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.] Map showing Reserves in the area around Sumass Lake and the Fraser River near the border with the United States including Papekwatchin Reserve; Ya-Als-Trick Island Reserve; Lackaway River; Aylechootlook River; Upper Sumass River; and Sumass Lake Reserve. Land cover and features described on the map includes waggon roads from Nootsackville to Yale, 49th Parallel, Sumass River, villages, overflowed areas, Millars Landing, Chillukwyuk Mountain, the Nicoaameen Slough, and types of land, soil, and 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

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

Language

• eng

Identifier

• New Westminster 10
• LTSA Inventory No.: LTSA6172
• Plan Barcode: Z0366425
• Plan Number: 10TR-IR (original) (New Westminster)
• LTSA SGD Microfilm Image Number: 106431

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 Sumass Indian Reserves, New Westminster District. British Columbia.

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Abbotsford
• British Columbia--Fraser River Valley
• British Columbia--Metro Vancouver Regional District
• North America--Sumas River
• British Columbia--Chilliwack Mountain
• British Columbia--Nicomen Slough
• British Columbia--Fraser River

Coordinates

• 49.04968, -122.20257
• 49.18298, -122.11928
• 49.16638, -122.05258
• 49.14968, -122.01927
• 49.14152, -122.1207

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
• maps (documents)
• land surveys

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/sbxs-hw21

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