Map showing the Esquimalt District in 1858. Bordered by the Highland, Lake, Victoria, and Metchosin Districts along with the Esquimalt Harbour and Royal Bay. Features on the map are largely illegible but include a road from Victoria to Leach River, government reserves, Albert Head, Straits of San Juan De Fuca, pine woods, swamps, district boundaries, Victoria Harbour, Rock Bay, and Portage Inlet. A reference list of who owns what section on the map is also included. No date, publisher, or author/creator information available.

In Collection:

• British Columbia Historical Maps

Subject

• Land use
• Land cover

Language

• eng

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• Copyright Not Evaluated

Extent

• 1 sheet ; 77 x 90 cm

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Esquimalt

Coordinates

• 48.43569, -123.41174

Additional physical characteristics

• Scale: 20 chains = 1 inch. Photocopy.

Collection

• British Columbia Historical Maps

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• historical maps
• maps (documents)

Date digitized

• March 2024

Technical note

• Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/15; 303; copy4 tone; camera height 1000) by PD. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• This material is made available on this site for education and research only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/zp9k-3v31

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