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Development in the western portion of the Lower Mainland region, 1968

Development in the western portion of the Lower Mainland region, 1968

Item is a map showing residential, commercial, industrial, civic and institutional, parks and recreational and agricultural zoning in the Lower Mainland area, including West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Richmond, Maple Ridge, Langley, Surrey, Delta and White Rock. Information has been added to a base map published by the Province of British Columbia.

Commercial map of Greater Vancouver and district [planning]

Item is a printed map of greater Vancouver which has been used as a base map. The base map appears to be the 1929 version of the Commercial Map of Greater Vancouver and District. On this has been added pasted on pictures, arrows and other material that appears to be related to planning activities of some kind.

Commercial Map of Greater Vancouver and District [BC]

Commercial map of Greater Vancouver and District depicts railroads, paved streets, streetcar stops, schools, buildings. Uniquely, the map shows the city divided by Postal Block numbers and half mile circles that radiate from City Hall on the corner of Main and Hastings.
The map has large red arrows and clippings of libraries pasted to it that show six proposed library locations and sketch plans. Also included on the map, is an index of all depicted roads in the Hastings, Point Grey, South Vancouver, and Burnaby areas. A legend and compass rose are located in the bottom left hand corner of the map.
The westernmost is road on the map is Marine Drive and the easternmost is North Road while the northernmost is Dempsey Street, and the southernmost is 20th Road.

Commercial Map of Greater Vancouver and District [BC]

The map shows the Greater Vancouver Area and its roads, streets, and residential, commercial, and industrial districts in July 1924. In accordance with the legend, the map shows railroads, electric railways, parks, and buildings. The map uniquely depicts the center of Vancouver which is approximately 5400 feet and spans from Water and Railway Street to Prior Street and Abbott Street to Princess Street. The center circle then concentrically expands outwards with other circles marking every mile outward.
Additionally, there are annotations in black, red, yellow, and green. The black annotations mark topography and contour lines with listed elevations. The red annotations mark water gauges. The yellow annotations indicate the best routes through the City and District as suggested by the Automobile Club of BC. The green annotations appear for an unknown reason.
The Westernmost road on the map is Marine Drive and the Easternmost is Columbia Street and North Road while the Northernmost road on the map is Dempsey St. in North Vancouver and the Southernmost point is No. 20 Road.

Commercial map of Greater Vancouver and district [assessment districts]

Commercial map of Greater Vancouver and district [assessment districts]

Item is a printed map of greater Vancouver which has been used as a base map. The base map is the 1924 version of the Commercial Map of Greater Vancouver and District. On this copy has been drawn the boundaries of districts, numbered 1-12; inside the drawn boundaries are each district's area in acrea, population and assessed value of property. While the base map is of the pre-amalgamation municipalities, the assessment districts (?) cover the entire post-amalgamation extent of Vancouver.

City of Vancouver, east approach route. Alignment alternatives investigated

Item is a map which has been created out of a sepia diazotype copy of an aerial photograph of downtown Vancouver. The map has been annotated to show thirteen different schemes for freeway routes to connect the Trans-Canada Highway with downtown Vancouver from the east. The map shows the consultants' preferred route and other alignments investigated.

Phillips, Barratt, Hillier, Jones and Partners, Engineers (Vancouver, B.C.)

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