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Guide map: Vancouver - New Westminster, Burnaby and North Shore municipalities

Item is a street map of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and the North Shore showing city limits and boundaries of central office areas. Map has been annotated to show the old and new Vancouver telephone exchange boundaries prior to and after the introduction of flat rate service on November 1, 1937.

Generalized land use : Greater Vancouver Regional District

Item is a map showing the general patterns of development in the member municipalities and electoral areas of the Greater Vancouver Regional District as of June 1979. Land use has been categorized according to the following categories : rural residential; single family residential; medium density residential; high density residential; commercial; industrial; extractive; transportation, communications and utilities; institutional; recreational areas and parks; farm; and open and undeveloped areas.

Rights of way Vancouver and vicinity

Item is a portion of a topographical map of the Lower Mainland which has been extensively annotated to show the routes and rights-of-way of the various railways running through the region.

The lines shown are: Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railway, Great Northern Railway, B.C. Electric Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway operated by B.C. Electric Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway joint operation with National Harbours Board Terminal Railway, Great Northern Railway joint operation with National Harbours Board Terminal Railway, Great Northern Railway joint operation with Canadian National Railway, National Harbours Board Terminal Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway tunnel and Pacific Great Eastern Railway lease to National Harbours Board.

Canadian National Railways mountain region : Vancouver, B.C.

Item is a map showing major roads, highways, railways and industrial centres in the Lower Mainland (from Langley west). The map shows nine different railway lines and the Roberts Bank development, with land described based on four categories: First stage - causeway plus 50 acres; Federal government - ultimate development; Provincial government - reclaimed industrial land; and Provincial government - assembled land.

Vancouver, British Columbia

Item is a topographical map showing lands alienated or covered by application under the Land Act, timber leases, native reserves, government reserves, and various boundaries, as well as campsites, picnic sites, forest service lookouts, post offices, settlements, schools, hospitals, mines, dykes, historic monuments, roads, trails, railways, power lines, phone lines, air harbour or seaplane anchorages, etc. Sheet contains an index map showing adjoining maps in the series.

Greater Vancouver, British Columbia : regional major street plan

Item is a map which has been removed from a copy of the report "A plan for the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, including Point Grey and South Vancouver and a general plan of the region", commissioned by the Vancouver Town Planning Commission from the planning consultants Harland Bartholomew & Associates.

The map shows existing and proposed additions to the Greater Vancouver major street plan.

Harland Bartholomew and Associates

Metropolitan Vancouver

Item is a map showing the locations and names of major businesses and corporations in the Greater Vancouver area. The map also shows major roads, highways, railways and proposed highway routes. 5 mile and 10 mile radius circles are depicted around the "geographical centre of metropolitan Vancouver." Map background is a mosaic of aerial photographs.

Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley

Item is a pamphlet containing a map of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley on one side and text promoting British Columbia and the services of Western Development and Power Limited on the other. Map shows the B.C. Electric railway line within the Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley area, other railway lines, main roads, municipal boundaries, industrial sites, airports and ports. An inset map shows the total area served by B.C. Electric within British Columbia and the location of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley within that area.

Metropolitan areas of Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. road map

Item is road map designed to be folded into a pamphlet and containing three maps showing streets in Greater Vancouver, major roads from the North Shore to Bellingham, Washington, and major roads in and around Victoria. Item also includes information about traffic rules in Vancouver and the use of the imperial gallon in British Columbia.

Greater Vancouver

Map shows boundaries, lot numbers and major roads in Greater Vancouver (including West Vancouver, North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, the City of Vancouver, Coquitlam, Point Grey, South Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Surrey, Langley, Delta and Richmond).

Sectional map and street directory of Vancouver : Dial map of the city of Vancouver including adjacent municipalities

Item is a street map showing Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Burnaby on one side and the Fraser Valley, New Westminster, and Greater Vancouver transit lines on the other. Item also includes text advertising the products and services of the Dominion Map and Blueprint Company.

Sectional map and street directory of Vancouver : Dial map of the city of Vancouver including adjacent municipalities

Item is a street map showing Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Burnaby on one side and the Lower Mainland from Vancouver to Chilliwack, Richmond, and New Westminster on the other. Item also includes text advertising the products and services of Dominion Map and Blueprint Ltd.

Sectional map and street directory of Vancouver : Dial map of the city of Vancouver including adjacent municipalities

Item is a street map showing Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Burnaby on one side and the Lower Mainland from Vancouver to Chilliwack on the other. Item also includes information about bus services in Greater Vancouver and text advertising the products and services of the Dominion Map and Blueprint Company.

Sectional map and street directory of Vancouver : Dial map of the city of Vancouver including adjacent municipalities

Item is a street map showing Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Burnaby on one side and the Lower Mainland from Vancouver to Chilliwack on the other. Item also includes information about bus services in Greater Vancouver and text advertising the products and services of the Dominion Map and Blueprint Company.

Guide to Vancouver

Item is a map and transit guide showing trolley coach lines, bus lines, street car lines, interurban lines, interurban stops, route numbers, B.C. Electric installations and block numbers in West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Vancouver, Burnaby and the University Endowment Lands one one side. The other side consists of three maps showing transit details in Richmond, New Westminster and downtown Vancouver, and descriptive information about B.C. Electric routes and services and Greater Vancouver attractions.

Map of Greater Vancouver

Item is a tourist brochure enclosed within a cover. The cover contains advertising for the Hotel Grosvenor. The enclosed brochure has information on the City, on the Hotel Grosvenor and on the Douglas Lodge (Fort St. James, B.C.), another property of the same owner. The reverse of the brochure is a road map of Greater Vancouver.

Plan of Greater Vancouver, British Columbia

Item is a map of Greater Vancouver from Alma Road (Alma Street) to Boundary Road and Burrard Inlet to King Edward Avenue. Map shows district lot, block, and lot numbers, waterfront businesses, rail lines, schools, parks, beaches, and concentric circles indicating distances from a point located approximately at the intersection of Cambie and Hastings Streets.

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.

Pictorial map of Greater Vancouver showing dates of settlement in specific areas and opening dates of regional landmarks

Item consists of an illustrated map of the Vancouver area and an overlay showing dates of settlement in various areas and the opening dates of regional landmarks. A poem about the growth of Vancouver has been included on the right-hand side of the map. Verso contains a seemingly unrelated drawing dated 1911 and showing front and side elevations for a church building.

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