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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.

Transit routes in downtown area Vancouver, B.C. effective July 18, 1952

Item is a sheet which contains maps of the downtown portions of 14 BC Electric transit routes: Dunbar, Arbutus, Granville - Kingsway - Victoria, Macdonald, 4th Ave. - West Pt. Grey, Powell - Stanley Park, Broadway East - Robson, Hastings East, Main, Davie - Fraser, Grandview, Oak, Cambie, North Vancouver - Intercity.

Dial map of Greater Vancouver and suburbs

Part contains a street map of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, West Vancouver and North Vancouver showing block numbers, street car, bus, and railway lines, parks and hospitals. Map includes two dials (a numbered circle, a paper indicator, a grid of block numbers and a street index used to find locations). A small inset map shows the Capitol Hill/Scenic Park area of Burnaby in greater detail.

Sheet 31 : Oak Street to Main Street and Sixteenth Avenue to Fourth Avenue and False Creek

Item is a section showing the area from Oak Street to Main Street and Sixteenth Avenue to Fourth Avenue and False Creek. Includes streets, blocks, lots and legal descriptions, and the locations of parks, schools and railways.

Vancouver (B.C.). Engineering Services

Plan of a portion of the water front of Vancouver city

Item is a tracing of a map showing the Vancouver waterfront between Granville and Carrall streets. The original map contains a number of attestations which have been traced: by W.C. Van Horne (Mar. 11, 1886); H.J. Cambie, Engineer in charge (Feb. 22, 1886); T. Trudeau, Deputy Minister of Railways (31 Mar. 1886); and Land Registry office (12 May 1886). The Tracing was made from a copy submitted as an appendix to an affadvit May 28, 1891.

Vancouver downtown property map

Item consists of a planning map depicting every building between Main Street and Stanley Park north of False Creek, showing the address, name (if a commercial building), number of floors, and type of use (commercial, apartments, vacant, etc. ). The map may be based on a City of Vancouver Planning Department map, partially re-purposed and published by Colliers Macaulay Nicholls.

Map of portion New Westminster District

Item is a heavily-amended copy of a map illustrating intended land settlement and subdivision in 1877 in the future sites of Vancouver, Burnaby and the North Shore, from an area bordering on English Bay to an area bordering on North Arm. Also shown are bodies of water, Hastings & Granville Road, and the settlements of Hastings and Granville. Annotations by J.S. Matthews in 1954 made on the copy are tracings in white pen and darkening the background to improve the copy.

Vancouver Harbour, British Columbia, 1945

Item is a nautical chart showing English Bay and Burrard Inlet with soundings in feet, anchorages, locations of submarine cables, and ferry lines. Land features include city blocks and district lot numbers. Includes inset maps of the North Arm of Burrard Inlet and Vancouver Island. Note at the bottom of map states, "Not to be used for navigational purposes."

Vancouver, British Columbia : south-westerly portion, formerly Point Grey : 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 major street plan in part of the city that is the former Municipality of Point Grey. The map also shows present street widths, lines of vehicles and roadway widths versus proposed street widths, lines of vehicles and roadway widths.

Harland Bartholomew and Associates

Vancouver, British Columbia : northerly portion, former City of Vancouver : 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 the existing and proposed revisions to the major street plan in the northern portion of Vancouver. The map also shows present street widths, lines of vehicles and roadway widths versus proposed street widths, lines of vehicles and roadway widths.

Harland Bartholomew and Associates

Vancouver, British Columbia, south-easterly portion, formerly South Vancouver : 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 major streets of sufficient width, major streets to be widened, new major street connections, present street widths, present lines of vehicles, present roadway widths, proposed street widths, proposed lines of vehicles, proposed roadway widths and pleasure drives in the area of the former Municipality of South Vancouver.

Harland Bartholomew and Associates

Tourist guide map of Vancouver City and park

Item is a map shows city streets for downtown, Fairview and Mount Pleasant, and major civic, municipal and industrial buildings, as well as "electric street railways shown in red." An inset map shows the roads and trails of Stanley Park. The map is annotated with green pencil shading "signifies where houses are" and blue shading indicates areas where it "is almost entirely vacant land - small trees."

Sheet W : Fraser River to French Street and Fifty-ninth Avenue to Seventy-first Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from the Fraser River to French Street and Fifty-ninth Avenue to Seventy-first Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks and golf courses.

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

Vancouver, B.C. Plan showing location of water pipes, hydrants, etc. [Hastings Park area]

Map is a plan showing the location of water pipes and hydrants in the area between William Street and Burrard Inlet, and Garden Drive and Boundary Road. Pipes and hydrants are indicated in red, with some additional annotations made in black ink. Map includes Hastings Park and the proposed Second Narrows Bridge.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Vancouver, B.C. Plan showing location of water pipes, hydrants, etc. [Grandview]

Item is a map showing the location of water pipes and hydrants for the years 1905 to 1909 in the area from Graveley Street to 15th Avenue and Victoria Drive to Hastings Townsite (D.L. 264A and D.L. 195). Pipes and hydrants are shown in various coloured inks to indicate date of installation.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Vancouver, B.C. Plan showing location of water pipes, hydrants, etc. [Hastings Sunrise]

Item is a map showing the location of water pipes and hydrants for the area from Kamloops Street to Kootenay Street and Fourteenth Avenue to Government Road (29th Avenue). Pipes and hydrants are indicated in red ink. Base map is a portion of a larger map.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Vancouver, B.C. Plan showing location of water pipes, hydrants, etc. [Victoria Drive to First Avenue to Prince Edward Street to 16th Avenue]

Item is a map showing the location of water pipes and hydrants for the area from Victoria Drive to False Creek to Prince Edward Street to 16th Avenue (D.L. 264A). Pipes and hydrants are shown in various coloured inks to indicate date of installation.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Vancouver, B.C. Plan showing location of water pipes, hydrants, etc. [West End]

Item is a map showing the location of water pipes and hydrants for the West End west of Burrard Street. Pipes and hydrants are shown in various coloured inks to indicate date of installation. Annotations have been added to a base map which is a portion of a larger map.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Vancouver, B.C. Plan showing location of water pipes, hydrants, etc. [Fairview slopes]

Item is a map showing the location of water pipes and hydrants for the area bounded by Scotia Street, False Creek, Spruce Street and Tenth Avenue (D.L. 526, D.L. 302 and D.L. 200). Block 6 in D.L. 200 was covered by an overlay depicting a later sub-division. Pipes and hydrants are shown in various coloured inks to indicate installation date. Annotations have been drawn on a base map that was part of a larger map.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

Vancouver, B.C. Plan showing location of water pipes, hydrants, etc. [Westminster Avenue to McLean Drive]

Item is a map showing the location of water pipes and hydrants for the Downtown Eastide and Strathcona west of McLean Drive (D.L. 181, D.L. 182B, D.L. 196). The sheet also includes an inset map of the area bounded by Columbia Street, Alexander Street, Westminster Avenue and Powell Street. Pipes and hydrants are shown in various coloured inks to indicate date of installation.

Vancouver (B.C.). Water Works Department

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