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9968sm

Map of BRITISH COLUMBIA

Compiled from the map of the province recently prepared under the direction of Hon. J. W. Trutch

Date: 1881

Size: 41 x 61.6 cm

CDN $350

 
   
8999sm

MAP of ATLIN GOLD FIELDS
British Columbia

Geopological Survey of Canada

Date: 1901


Size: 40 x 23.6cm

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8779sm

CARTE de la COTE N.O. de L"AMERIQUE

Inset of "Plan de L'Entree de Nootka"

Date:

Hand-coloured engraving

Size: 23.5 x 34.5cm

CDN $285

   
9011sm

SKETCH MAP of BRITISH COLUMBIA Showing Mining Divisions

Department of Mines, Victoria

Date: 1901, Victoria, B.C.

Printed by Richard Wolfenden, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

Size: 45.8 x 52.2cm

Tape repairs

CDN $75

9005sm

ETHNOLOGICAL MAP of the PROVINCE of BRITISH COLUMBIA

Provincial Museum, Victori

Date: c.1910

Size: 47.4 x 52.4cm

CDN $125

   
8312sm

DIAL MAP of the City of VANCOUVER

Date: 1954

Reverse: Map of Burnaby, New Westminster, and parts of adjacent municipalities.

Published by Dominion Map & Blue Print Co.

Size: 16 " x 23 3/4"
including street index

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8314sm
The Dial is 10 1/4" long and contains the alphabet A to Z. You match a letter with a number from the index (example: Abbott P1), around the circle or clock which has the numbers form 1 to 87.

DIAL MAP of the City of VANCOUVER

(Inside, opened up)

 

   
8309sm

Indexed STREET MAP of VANCOUVER and BURNABY, NEW WESTMINSTER, NORTH VANCOUVER, WEST VANCOUVER

Date: 1939

Size: Map 10 3/4" x 16
with index: 16 1/8" x 16

CDN $125

 

 

8311sm

Indexed STREET MAP of VANCOUVER and BURNABY, NEW WESTMINSTER, NORTH VANCOUVER, WEST VANCOUVER

(inside, opened up)

Legend: street car lines, bus lines, parks and golf links, schools, hospitals

   
8308sm
Published to further colonization and development in Western Canada.The beauty of this map is the thorough listing of all towns along the routes in both Alberta and B.C. The print is easy to read and on the reverse is a description of B.C. towns Example: Chinook Cove, B.C. 47 miles N of Kamloops; pop. 150; Locl resources: farming and railway ties.

Map of the CENTRAL and SOUTHERN SECTIONS of BRITISH COLUMBIA
and ALBERTA
showing the country served by the CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS

Date: 1922
Pool Bros., Chicago

Size: 15 3/8" x 19 1/2"
Size inc. text: 16" x 26 1/4"

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8300sm
A very handsome edition of this map. Drawn on map are roads/railroads: Victoria to Nanaimo, Victoria to Sanich, Victroia to Beecher Bay, Victoria to Sooke

VANCOUVER ISLAND

Date: c.1895

Published for the Encyclopedia Britannica, ninth edition

Size: 8 1/4" x 11"
Size with margins:
10 1/2" x 12 3/8"

CDN $75

   
8303sm
Forbes expedition mapped the physical geography of Vancouver Island. Highest point: Mt. Arrowsmith at 5900 ft.
Map shows Saltspring Island–originally known as Chuan or Chouan Island. In 1854, it was named Admiral Island by Captain Richardson in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Baynes. Since 1910, officially retitled Saltspring. New Westminster is the capital of B.C. Victoria is the capital of Vancouver Island
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MAP of VANCOUVER ISLAND

Date: 1864

Published: London, for the Royal Geographic Society to illustrate the paper D. C. Forbes, R.N.

Size: 10" x 14 5/8"
with margins: 12" x 15 7/8"

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8306sm
Map shows route of the railroads and topographical features

MAP of BRITISH COLUMBIA and part of WESTERN CANADA showing the lines of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Date: 1912

Poole Bros., Engr. Chicago

Size map: 14 1/4" x 18 7/8"
Size Margins: 15 1/8" x 19 5/8"

CDN: $150

   
8316sm
Records Mining divisions and recording offices

BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING DIVISIONS

Date: 1914

Dept. of Mines

Size: 18" x 21 5/8"

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8302sm
Shows unexplored land in North Central B.C. and NW Territories (Present day Alberta)

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Date: 1904

Publisher Cram
printed in colour

Size: 9 1/4" x 12 1/2"
Margins: 10 3/4" x 14 3/8"

CDN $35

   
7493sm

VICTORIA

Date: 1872

Hand-coloured wood engraving from Illustrated News (Canadian)

Framed size:
13 1/2 " x 26 1/8"


CDN $375

   
7484a_sm MAN of NOOTKA SOUND

Date: circa 1795

Copperplate engraving

Size: 11" x 9"

CDN $165
7484b_sm WOMAN of NOOTKA SOUND

Date: circa 1795

Copperplate engraving

Size: 11" x 9"

CDN $
165
   
7491sm

VARIOUS ARTICLES
at NOOTKA SOUND


From Captain Cook's 3rd Voyage

Copperplate engraving
Date: 1794
Drawn by J. Webber
Engravced by J Record

Size: 15" x 19"

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8318sm
Foreground–the tugboat escort
Middleground–small passenger boat
Background–skyline of Vancouve with downtown waterfront CPR Railway station built in the gothic style.

The HARBOUR, VANCOUVER B.C.

Sepia photograph by William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913)

Date: 1903

Size: 7 1/4" x 9 1/2"

CDN $125

   
5675
The disputed territory between Britain and the United States is shown, as well as the river systems in Alberta; the Athabasca River, Saskatchewan from Ft. Edmonton, Red Deer River from Nick Hills, Bow River, and in B.C., the Fraser River, Thompson, Columbia, Nass, and Skeena Rivers. Also, peak and snow mountain ranges. Beautifully handcoloured.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver Island

Edward Stanford
Published 1865.

Showing San Juan Dispute

Size: 12 1/2" x 15 1/4"

CDN $375




5661

BRITISH COLUMBIA
New Caledonia


Published 1863
From the Weekly Dispatch

Size: 12" x 16 3/4"

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This is the first map to show British Columbia by name. The gold creeks and rivers are named along the Fraser River. Towns are noted and the Cariboo goldfields are drawn in. Vancouver Island is holding within its borders the San Juan Islands.

   
5648sm
Showing the Line of Road proposed by Commr. Mayne, R.N
VANCOUVER ISLAND
Albernie Canal & Nanaimo


Published by the
Royal Geographic Society
London, England,

Date: 1862

Size: 4 1/4" x 7 5/8"
original colour

CDN $145

BC map Cariboo
Map shows main trails, branch trails, altitudes

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Reconnaissance sketch of part of CARIBOO


by Lieut. H.S. Palmer, R.E
Royal Geographic Society

Date: 1864

Size: 71/2" x 9 9/16"

CDN $235

   
BC coast

Sketch to illustrate Report of a Canoe Expedition along the EAST COAST of VANCOUVER ISLAND

by James Douglas, Esq. Governor
Royal Geographic Society

Date: 1854

Size: 4 1/16" x 7 1/4"

CDN $215

bc maps Map of VANCOUVER ISLAND and part of BRITISH COLUMBIA

to accompany the paper by R. Brown, Esq., Royal Geographic Society

Date: 1869


Size: 7 10/16" x 10 1/4"
Printed in a sea green tint

CDN $335
   
5677
Located in Southern British Columbia on the soiuthern shore of the fabled "Mer de l'Ouest" rises the Colorado River. Mythical "Quivera" is on the SE coast of the Mer de l'Ouest. The map shows a possible NW passage using Fonte's giant lakes to reach Hudson's Bay.

Carte Generale des Decouvertes de L'Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs

Date: 1772.

Hand-coloured copperplate engraving from Diderot and D'Alembert Encyclopedie

Size: 11 3/4" x 15 1/8"

CDN $475


San Juan Map of SAN JUAN ARCHIPELAGO
with the disputed channel and boundary


Illustrated London News
Date: Nov. 2, 1892


Size: 7 x 4 1/4 "

CDN $150
   
 
       
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