A map lithographed at the Topographical Depot of the War Office under the direction of Major A.C. Cooke and Col. H. James in 1859 showing the Comiaken District on the east coast of Vancouver Island. The district is covered in a numbered grid. Relief marks, sketches, and notes show the land cover, land forms, and quality of land. Named places include Maple Bay and Quamichan Lake. Includes a small inset map that is an index to the districts found on the southern region of Vancouver Island.

In Collection:

• Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection

Creator

• Great Britain. War Office

Contributor

• Cooke, A.C.
• Pemberton, J. Despard (Joseph Despard), 1821-1893
• James, H.

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1859

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 1 sheet ; 89 x 67 cm

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Vancouver Island
• British Columbia--Comiaken Land District

Coordinates

• 49.65064, -125.44939
• 48.82463, -123.62766

Additional physical characteristics

• Scale: 20 Chains to 1 Inch; 1:15,840

Physical repository

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

Collection

• Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection

Provider

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

Genre

• relief maps
• maps (documents)
• historical maps

Date digitized

• January 22, 2008 to January 30, 2008

Technical note

• 600 dpi tif, Epson GT-15000 scanner, scanned by KSW, edited by CDW. Metadata created by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). Patrons may view the material through the Victoria's Early History Collection, but may not use images without permission of the University.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/svvs-9p23

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