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City of Vancouver Archives technical and cartographic drawing collection With digital objects
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B.C. Electric plan showing bus stops in Vancouver

Item contains three maps showing transit routes, bus stops and bus zones in the city of Vancouver. Inset maps show the "Seasonal 'round the park route and stops" in Stanley Park and the "University bus route" in the University Endowment Lands. The main map extends from Smith Avenue to Burrard Inlet to Blanca Street to Marine Drive.

Proposed Raymur Ave. [Avenue] Trunk Sewer diverting sewage from False Creek reclaimed area

Map shows the proposed Raymur Avenue Trunk Sewer to divert sewage away from the False Creek reclaimed area. It includes the area from Main Street to Clark Drive and from Alexander Street to Seventh Avenue. Streets and blocks are shown. The map is heavily annotated in ink and pencil to 1936. Indicated on the map are the locations of pumps, sewers, drains, and elevations; the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) Station, lines, industrial sites and proposed roadways; the Great Northern Railway (G.N.R.) Station and lines; a proposed rail yard; and the City Dump. Also noted is the water consumption of various companies in the area.

Proposed Raymur Ave. [Avenue] Trunk Sewer diverting sewage from False Creek reclaimed area

Map shows the proposed Raymur Avenue Trunk Sewer to divert sewage away from the False Creek reclaimed area. It includes the area from Main Street to Clark Drive and from Alexander Street to Seventh Avenue. Streets and blocks are shown. The map is annotated in ink and pencil with regard to top and bottom fill and water levels. A pencil diagram of the pump at Parker Street has been drawn at the top of the map. Also indicated are the locations of pumps; the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) Station, lines, industrial sites and proposed roadways; the Great Northern Railway (G.N.R.) Station and lines; and the City Dump.

Proposed Raymur Ave. [Avenue] Trunk Sewer diverting sewage from False Creek reclaimed area

Map shows the proposed Raymur Avenue Trunk Sewer to divert sewage away from the False Creek reclaimed area. It includes the area from Main Street to Clark Drive and from Alexander Street to Seventh Avenue. Streets and blocks are shown. The map was heavily annotated between 1936 and 1941, and a preliminary pumping layout to Clark Drive was added in December 1936. Also indicated are the locations of sewers, pumps, drainage and elevations; the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) Station, lines, industrial sites and proposed roadways; the Great Northern Railway (G.N.R.) Station and lines; a proposed rail yard; and the City Dump.

Plan showing locations of oil and gas seepages and oil wells in Fraser Valley, British Columbia

Item is a map which shows rivers and streams, oil and gas seepages, oil wells drilled, towns and villages and railway lines from Pitt Lake in the north to the United States border in the south and from Chilliwack in the east to the Strait of Georgia in the west.

Haggen, E.A.

Plan showing locations of oil and gas seepages and oil wells in Fraser Valley, British Columbia

Item is a map which shows rivers and streams, oil and gas seepages, oil wells drilled, towns and villages and railway lines from Pitt Lake in the north to the United States border in the south and from Chilliwack in the east to the Strait of Georgia in the west.

Haggen, E.A.

Plan of subdivision of D in lot 183 and subdivision of J in lot 182, City of Vancouver

Item is a subdivision map showing block and lot numbers of subdivisions D and J in lots 183 and 182 respectively. These areas are situated roughly between Burrard Inlet in the north and First Avenue in the south and between Victoria Drive in the east and Clark in the west.

Garden, Hermon and Burwell, Provincial Land Surveyors

Plan showing polling divisions, City of Vancouver B.C., as defined in by-law no. 2434

Item is a map of Vancouver drawn by the City Engineer's Office in November 1936 showing polling divisions and sites as defined in by-law no. 2434. Annotated on the map in ink are the December 1945 civic election results for each division for R. Rowe Holland, Esq., Parks Board Chairman. A portion of D.L. 319 has been shaded in red. Map is numbered M.62.

Plan of re-subdivision of lots 3 to 14, subn [subdivision] 2 of bk [block] 3. D.L. 391 & 392

Map shows the subdivision of lots in the block bordered by 31st Avenue East, 32nd Avenue East, St. Catherines Street and Windsor Street, at that time in the District of South Vancouver. Map is certified by the surveyor Arthur H. Holland, British Columbia Land Surveyor, and W.A. Pound, Reeve of the District of South Vancouver. It is unclear as to whether the map was commissioned by the Corporation of the District of South Vancouver.

Redevelopment plan for Jericho Department of National Defence lands

Item is a map showing proposed redevelopment of portions of former Department of National Defence lands in the Jericho area. The map shows existing city parks, D.N.D. lands to be taken over for parks and recreation, city owned land, single family land, town houses, garden apartments and town houses and proposed new roads. The map appears to have been removed from a report.

Vancouver (B.C.). Engineering Services

Plan of Cambie St. grounds

Item is a map showing parade grounds, grand stand and drill hall in the area from Dunsmuir Street to Cambie Street to Georgia Street to Beatty Street. Legend in bottom left corner shows symbols for the following: iron fence, wire screen, goal posts, C.P.R. railway, car tracks, trees and contours. A letter about map from Major Matthews adhered to top right corner. Pencil annotation showing 158th Battalion men's quarters by Major Matthews

Selected park programs for additional park sites 1959-1976

Item is a map showing park programs for 1959-1976. Map was most likely created by the parks department and includes a legend depicting the following information: program A (7,200,000), program B (18,000,000), program C (28,800,000), potential major park sites from which additional acreage is to be selected for each program and existing park sites. The map shows locations selected for alternative programs and locations omitted from alternative programs. Map shows street names and extends from Boundary Road to Stanley Park to University Endowment Lands to Lulu Island.

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.

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.

Burrard Inlet : Vancouver sheet : British Columbia

Item is a map showing streets, roads, buildings, trails, railways, electric railways, bridges, swing bridges, foot bridges, churches, schools, post offices, wharves, piers, dikes, piling lighthouses, lightships, beacons, ranges, range lights, buoys, triangulation stations and geographical features in Burrard Inlet from Moodyville in the east to First Narrows in the west. A small index map shows this and other numbered sheets in relation to one another.

Port of the City of Vancouver. Isometric view from the south-west

Item is a set of maps printed on one sheet. The main map shows an isometric view of the port of Vancouver from Stanley Park through the Second Narrows Bridge (including North Vancouver). The perspective point appears to be located above the Granviile Street and West Georgia Street intersection. Note that the isometric view of locations west of Granville Street is from the south-east, rather than the south-west, as indicated in the title.
The map depicts the port infrastructure, including piers, drydocks and companies located in the port.

The inset maps are a key plan showing the location of the port relative to the Lower Mainland as a whole, and a larger-scale map entitled "Plan of the Port of the City of Vancouver from Coal Harbour to Second Narrows". It contains more detail about the names of the various piers, drydocks and companies and shows the North Vancouver port facilities as well as south shore ones.

Plan of town of Lonsdale : situate [sic] on harbour opposite City of Vancouver

Map shows lot numbers and boundaries in the area from Keith Road in the north to Burrard Inlet in the south and from St. Patrick's road in the east to Chesterfield Avenue in the west. Several lots at St. Andrews Road and Fourth Street are hand-coloured pink, but the significance of the colouring is unknown. The ancillary map is an index map showing the location of Lonsdale in relation to Burrard Inlet and Vancouver.

Sheet S.V. 15 : Dawson Street to Boundary Road and Foster Avenue to Fiftieth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Dawson Street to Boundary Road and Foster Avenue to Fiftieth Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks and schools. Annotations in pencil.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Engineer

Sheet S.V. 14 : Duchess Street to Boundary Road and Twenty-ninth Avenue to Fortieth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Duchess Street to Boundary Road and Twenty-ninth Avenue to Fortieth Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks, schools and B.C. Electric Railway lines. Annotations in pencil.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Engineer

Sheet S.V. 13 : Borden Street to Jellicoe Street and Sixtieth Avenue to Fraser River

Item is a section showing the area from Borden Street to Jellicoe Street and Sixtieth Avenue to Fraser River. Includes streets, roads, railway lines, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks, golf courses and schools. Annotations in pencil.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Engineer

Sheet S.V. 12 : Fleming Street to Raleigh Street and Forty-eighth Avenue to Newport Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Fleming Street to Raleigh Street and Forty-eighth Avenue to Newport Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks, golf courses and schools. Annotations in pencil.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Engineer

Sheet S.V. 11 : Fleming Street to Killarney Street and Thirty-seventh Avenue to Forty-eighth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Fleming Street to Killarney Street and Thirty-seventh Avenue to Forty-eighth Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks and schools. Annotations in green pencil. Annotations in ink and pencil.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Engineer

Sheet S.V. 10 : Dumfries Street to Fairmont Street and Twenty-seventh Avenue to Thirty-seventh Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Dumfries Street to Fairmont Street and Twenty-seventh Avenue to Thirty-seventh Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railway lines, parks and schools. Annotations in green pencil.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Engineer

Sheet S.V. 9 : St. George Street to Argyle Street and Fifty-eighth Avenue to Fraser River

Item is a section showing the area from St. George Street to Argyle Street and Fifty-eighth Avenue to Fraser River. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railway lines, parks and schools.

Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the City Engineer

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