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False Creek Indian Reserve, Burrard Inlet, B.C.

Map is a plan of Kitsilano Point showing the area currently known as Kitsilano Beach and Vanier Park. The map shows in detail the land designated as the Kitsilano Indian Reserve, including the location of the First Nations village on False Creek and the older village of Snauq. Indicated are the boundaries of the original reserve as constituted prior to Confederation, and the addition made by the Joint Commission on 15th June 1877. The map shows the location of First Nations homes and their owners as well as orchards, hops growing area, and cemetery; a legend on the right side of the map provides further explanation. Map also shows the location of the Canadian Pacific right of way, Tait's Mill, the Third Avenue Bridge, Sam Greer's house and garden on what is now known as Kitsilano Beach, as well as creeks and other physical characteristics of the land.

[Draft map of Indian villages and landmarks, Burrard Inlet and English Bay, before the whiteman came]

The map is a draft of MAP 56.01, "Indian villages and landmarks, Burrard Inlet and English Bay, before the whiteman came." It shows the geographic area bounded by the north shore of Burrard Inlet, the Freaser River, Point Atkinson, and the Burrard Inlet Second Narrows. Shown on the map are locations of First Nations and European settlements, streams, coastal features, and inland vegitation. Physical features are labeled using both First Nations and European place names.

Draft map of Indian villages and landmarks, Burrard Inlet and English Bay, before the whiteman came

The map is a draft of map 56.01, "Indian villages and landmarks, Burrard Inlet and English Bay, before the whiteman came." It shows the geographic area bounded by the north shore of Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, Point Atkinson, and the Burrard Inlet Second Narrows. Shown on the map are coastal sites labeled with First Nations place names.

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The item is a table of place names shown on map 56.01; Indian villages and landmarks, Burrard Inlet and English Bay, before the whiteman came. The table gives First Nations names and their approximate english meaning, or the European name given to the same location.

[House at 1238 Melville Street]

Photograph shows house which was the location of the first school for the blind started by Thomas and Charlotte Burke in 1916. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

[House at 1238 Melville Street]

Photograph shows house which was the location of the first school for the blind started by Thomas and Charlotte Burke. J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.