Rough Sketch Shewing the Line of Telegraph from New Westminster to Semiahmoo Bay

Public

A hand-drawn map showing the plan for a telegraph line between New Westminster and Semiahmoo Bay including sites for telegraph stations. There are capital letters marking sections along the telegraph line that correspond to a list of references that includes information like the length of these sections in miles, what the land is comprised of, the available timber, and the heights of the banks along the bodies of water.

In Collection:
Subject Language Identifier
  • LSV Number: 10T2MISC
  • 107159
  • Historical Map Society of B.C. Map Number: 1991
Keyword Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 sheet ; 48 x 60 cm
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 49.20694, -122.91111
  • 49.11636, -123.18594
  • 49.01636, -122.81796
Additional physical characteristics
  • Scale: about 1 Inch to a Mile
Physical repository Collection
  • Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia: Early British Columbia Maps
Provenance
  • Surveyor General of BC, Legal Surveys Vault
Provider Genre Date digitized
  • February 17, 2011
Technical note
  • Cataloguing metadata: Provided by the LTSA and adapted by the 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 the source and cite the Surveyor General Vault map number or other unique identifier listed on this catalogue record.
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