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Fonds · 1879-1994

The collection consists of cartographic and architectural material relating to the Cowichan Lake and Cowichan Valley areas including geological and topographic maps, forestry, logging and timber claim maps, timber licence plans, road maps, recreation maps, townsite and subdivision plans, and fire insurance plans for mills on Cowichan Lake. Maps and plans are of Lake Cowichan, Honeymoon Bay, Gordon river, Meade Creek, Riverside, and the Port Renfrew area. Collection includes forestry maps and plans for mills of Western Forest Industries at Honeymoon Bay.

Fonds · 1905-1967

The collection consists of fire insurance maps of Kimberley, Chapman Camp, Marysville, and the Sullivan Mine and townsite; townsite plan of Marysville; geological survey maps; and, other maps of Kimberley and district. Collection includes maps of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada's Sullivan Mine operation.

Fonds · [ca. 1914]-1982

The collection consists of townsite maps of Tulameen, Allenby, Coalmont, and Copper Mountain and survey, subdivision, First Nations reserve, topographic and transportation maps of Princeton and area.

Fonds · 1885-1960

The collection consists of topographic maps, mineral and land claims maps, townsite and subdivision plans, and architectural drawings pertaining to Revelstoke and locations in the Columbia basin and of structures constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in the Revelstoke District.

McLean family fonds
Fonds · 1892-1921

The fonds consists of property tax assessments and receipts for various Nanaimo properties and general receipts (1895-1915) from Nanaimo businesses and residents, particularly for orders of lumber.

McLean (family)
W.C. Mainwaring fonds
Fonds · 1940-1964

The fonds consists of photographs depicting scenery, towns, and homes in various locations in B.C. as well as portraits of the Mainwaring family.

Mainwaring, W.C.
Fonds · 1904-1977

The collection consists of zoning, subdivision and townsite maps, topographic maps, irrigation and pipeline maps, railway and road maps, and First Nations reserve maps of Summerland and area.

James Bannerman fonds
CA KMA 0.2868 · Fonds · 1920-1925

The fonds consists of a letterbook of Bannerman's business correspondence.

Bannerman, James
CA KMA 0.2884 · Fonds · 1893-1894

The fonds consists of a daybook and account book of the Lardeau Townsite Company.

Lardeau Townsite Company
CA PMRCA 05 · Series · 1900-1980
Part of Lydia Gruchy fonds

Series consists of records relating to Lydia Gruchy’s personal life and education, and includes both photographs of her graduation class as well as photographs and textual materials relating to her family.

Mayer family fonds
CA CMX 05.10 · Fonds · 1922-1978

The fonds consist of correspondence to Francis James Mayer as well as Richard James Neville Mayers from Hamilton Mack Laing and Wife Ethel Laing. Fonds include photographs taken by Hamilton Mack Laing documenting his and wife Ethels homesteading adventures in Comox and typed unpublished manuscript BayBrook Lifes Greatest Adventure. Fonds include handwritten and typed natural history articles that were published in various outdoor sport magazines. Copies of magazine articles are also include in fonds. Hamilton Mack Laing was a well known wildlife author, photographer and museum collector, and artist, and made his home in Comox on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Born in 1883 in Ontario, Laing grew up on a Manitoba farm, attended art school in New York, and traveled the American west before becoming a school principal, photographer, writer, naturalist, bird collector, and nut farmer during his 99 years. He was well known in hunting and wildlife circles on Vancouver Island.

Mayer (family)
J.D. Anderson fonds
CA TCA 1953-1 · Fonds · 1897-1907

The fonds consists of field notes of two separate properties and a field book of J.D. Anderson, provincial land surveyor.

Anderson, J.D.
Slack, Michie family fonds
CA MCA 1989 01 · Fonds · 1898-1949

Fonds consists of photographic images, including: black and white negatives (glass plate and gelatin cellulose) and prints, and colour postcards which provide a record of the family and their lives. Spanning over four decades, the images also document the growth and early development of hatzic between 1900 and 1920, including: the geographic landscape, the economic development, the modes of transportation, and the pioneer community.

Slack (family)
CA DMA 1990-002;1991-101 · Fonds · 1956-1988

The fonds consists of records created and received by the Planning Department of the Corporation of Delta and its predecessors. Fonds includes records arising from various planning activities, including general development, industrial development, and land use. Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, notes, and other materials.

Delta (B.C.). Planning Dept.
Photographs
CA UNBC 2002.17-2002.17.1 · Series · [between 1912 and 1914]
Part of Henderson-Roe collection

Photographs consist of 16 black & white photographs depicting Fort George land and surveying, including 3 photographs of Jack Henderson-Roe in front of his log cabin that he constructed in Fort George in 1913.

Plans and Legal Records
CA UNBC 2002.17-2002.17.2 · Series · 1913-1914
Part of Henderson-Roe collection

Consists of legal records and documents related to the holdings and activities of J. B. Henderson-Roe and his father, C.H. Henderson-Roe, including a hand-drawn map of Prince George, Fort George, and South Fort George, as well as a surveyor's plan for a subdivision.

Personal Correspondence 1913
CA UNBC 2002.17-2002.17.3 · Series · 1913
Part of Henderson-Roe collection

Consists of 6 letters written by Jack Henderson-Roe, of Fort George, to his father, C.H. Henderson-Roe, of England, regarding proposed land acquisitions in Fort George.

Personal Correspondence 1914
CA UNBC 2002.17-2002.17.4 · Series · 1914
Part of Henderson-Roe collection

Consists of 5 letters written by Jack Henderson-Roe, of Fort George, to his father, C.H. Henderson-Roe, of England, regarding investments and proposed land acquisitions in Fort George.

Donovan Clemson fonds
CA VPL 33501-34784 · Fonds · 1957-1964

The fonds consists of photographs of towns, villages, farms, buildings and scenery in B.C. taken for the Fraser Valley Regional Library.

Clemson, Donovan
R.H. Lee fonds
CA KMA 64.108;65.166 · Fonds · 1885-1932

The fonds consists of correspondence, various legal documents, field notes, surveys and maps relating to Lee's work as a land surveyor.

Lee, Robert Henry
Pacific Airways Ltd. fonds
CA VPL 9468-9486 · Fonds · [ca. 1920]

The fonds consists of aerial photographs of North Vancouver, B.C.

Pacific Airways
F.W. Groves fonds
CA KLA 988.64 · Fonds · 1893-1897

The fonds consists of diaries relating to Groves' activities as a surveyor.

Groves, F.W.
CA UVICARCH AR030 · Fonds · 1884-1979

The fonds consists of lists of death and burial records of Chinese persons in Victoria, BC, 1902-1923; Chinese deceased in Canada, 1937; leave permits issued to the Chinese Hospital in Vancouver, Victoria, and other areas of B.C., 1908-1909; donation and fundraising records, subscription booklets, records of income and expenditures, receipts, Free Miners Certificates, national bonds, 1884-1912; population data; correspondence from the Commander in Shanghai, 1932; minutes of the Chinese Public School; correspondence regarding donations for victims of famines, droughts, and floods in China, and booklets recording donations; records of the Chinese Hospital, including report books on patients, doctor order books and consultation forms, 1956-1976.

The death and burial records series, 1902-1923 consists of: medical certificates of death for Chinese persons in Victoria, BC; and burial permits for Chinese persons in Victoria, BC, including permits issued by the Chinese Benevolent Cemetery Company.

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)