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City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection Howe Sound (B.C.) Item
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Howe Sound and Howe Sound (southern portion)

Item contains two nautical charts of Howe Sound; one chart shows the southern portion (Bowen Island and Gambier Island) only, while the other shows the Sound from Burrard Inlet in the south to Squamish in the north. Charts show soundings in fathoms, tidal information, bench marks, locations of cables, and characteristics of land at shorelines.

Fraser River to north east point of Texada Island : including Howe Sound and Jervis Inlet

Item is a nautical chart depicting the southern portion of the Strait of Georgia. Land shown includes (south to north): Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island to Nanoose Harbour, Vancouver area, Bowen Island, Gambier Island, Howe Sound, Seechelt Peninsula, and north to Queen's Reach. Inset map is of Tucker Bay on Lasqueti Island. The illustrations are of Georgina Point Lighthouse, Active Pass and the north shore of Gabriola Island.

Powell Lake

Item is a map of the southwest coast of British Columbia from Cortes Island to Alta Lake and Chilko Lake to the northern tip of Gabriola Island. Map shows timber leases, Crown granted land, parks, municipalities, power lines, roads, railways, elevation of lakes and some mountains, hospitals, schools and canneries.

Howe Sound - Burrard Inlet

Item is a topographic map in two sections showing British Columbia north of Burrard Inlet to Britannia Creek in the north, and from Howe Sound in the west to Indian Arm in the east. Map shows lakes, streams and other natural features; roads, railways, communication lines, cities and other built features; and land, timber, and mineral surveys by number.