Official Map of the Town of Victoria

Victoria and Esquimalt with the land divided into numbered plots of land and named streets. Has handwritten notes in red ink from the 1920's and 1930's including changes to street names. Relief markings and sketches show the land cover and land forms. Places and features named include Songees Village, Rock Bay, Victoria Harbour, properties belonging to Governor Douglas and R. Finlayson, the Fort, church reserve, and a public park. Includes three letters from March to April 1913 between the Surveyor-General and the Inspector of Legal Offices about officially moving this map from the custody of the Lands Department to the Land Registry Office by request of the Solicitor of the City of Victoria.

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Identifier
  • LSV Number: 1 Tr LT ECVI
Keyword Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 map and 4 leaves on 1 sheet
Alternative title
  • No. 1 Victoria Town
  • Plan of Victoria City 1858
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 48.43569, -123.41174
  • 48.4359, -123.35155
Additional physical characteristics
  • Scale: 4 chain to 1 inch
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 23, 2015
Technical note
  • Cataloguing metadata: Provided by the LTSA and adapted by the University of Victoria Libraries to their requirements.
Rights
  • To request permission to publish or otherwise reproduce this image, or to purchase a high-resolution digital copy, please contact the LTSA at orderdesk@ltsa.ca.
DOI

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