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Item is a map depicting rivers, lakes, towns, and proposed railway routes.

Item is a map showing exploration routes by Lieutenant Palmer, R.E., May and June 1859; Lieutenant Mayne, R.N., May 1859; and Lieutenant Palmer, R.E., Sept. & Oct. 1859. The map also shows "practicable roads" in the southwestern portion of British Columbia. Annotations are colour added to the map to more easily distinguish the different routes depicted.

Item is an administrative map which show the locations of government offices, including: mining recording offices, trading posts, E. & N. Ry. land grants, railways, and highways. Text includes: Adminstration lists (e.g. Supreme Court County Courts, radio stations, Customs and Excise, index of post offices, etc.); Distance tables [for coast, roads, railways, world]; The population of city, district and village municipalities in British Columbia [from the] census, 1931. Map also includes an inset detailing the Strait of Georgia between Victoria and Vancouver.

Item is a copy of a map depicting the shapes of city blocks in Vancouver, overlaid with circles denoting distances from City Hall.

Item is a copy of a map depicting the shapes of city blocks in Vancouver, overlaid with circles denoting distances from City Hall.

Item is a map which shows locations for Vancouver schools, parks, community centres and halls, libraries, parks and health units. The map was designed to be folded as a brochure.

Item is a map of Vancouver showing streets, blocks, parks, country clubs and golf courses, as well as distances from City Hall. Certain areas on the map are circled in red and the date of development, 1886-1912, is indicated. Some areas are shaded in green, but there is no indication on the map as to why this is the case.

Item is a map annotated to show the Naval Reserve at Jericho and its distance, in chains, to Granville Island. Base map shows streets, parks, golf courses, and distances from City Hall.

Item is a map of Vancouver showing streets, blocks, parks, country clubs and golf courses, as well as distances from City Hall. The Naval Reserve at Jericho Beach and D.L. 448 are indicated in red ink.

Item is a map of Vancouver showing streets, blocks, parks, country clubs and golf courses, as well as distances from City Hall.

Item is an index map of Vancouver showing the boundaries of the sectional maps in this file. Map includes streets, roads and railways; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; First Nations reserves, golf courses, cemeteries, parks and businesses along the Burrard Inlet waterfront.

Item is a copy of a Planning Department map of downtown Vancouver. This copy has a mylar overlay which masks the area north of Georgia Street between Bidwell and Chilco Streets.

Item is a map of the area around Chilliwack and Vedder Mountain showing early family settlements, roads, rivers, churches, stores and other landmarks.

Item is a map showing lots for sale in the Grandview District.

Item is a map showing the route of the Canadian Pacific Railway through western Canada.

Item is a map showing the extent of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (C.P.R.) in Canada in 1883. Map shows boundaries, roads, trails, telegraph lines, towns, rivers, lakes and mountainous terrain in British Columbia, the North West Territory (Alberta, Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Assiniboia), Manitoba and Kewaydin, as well as some of Ontario and Western Quebec. Map is folded inside a book titled "North West Territory, Canada."

Item is a commercially printed map depicting the New Westminster Land District, bounded by the Gulf of Georgia in the west, the international border in the south, range 26 of townships 1 to 4 of the Yale District in the east, and the southern half of township 6 in the north.

The map depicts townships and ranges, and district lots in incorporated areas. The map also depict Dominion Timber Berths and various types of land reserves.

Item is a map showing District Lots in Vancouver, and township/range designations in other areas. The map also shows False Creek Trail, North Arm Road, False Creek Road, Granville Road from Granville to Hastings, New Westminster and Burrard Inlet Road, North Road, Semiahmoo Road, New Westminster and Yale Wagon Road, and others. Annotated by W. E. Graveley, 1885, to show additional features including Kingsway, Haney, Albion Camp, etc.

Map shows lot numbers and municipal boundaries in the area from Pitt Lake in the north to the United States border in the south and from the municipality of Coquitlam in the east to Point Atkinson in the west.

Item is a reprint of a map showing municipalities in the New Wesminster District of 1892 and includes lot numbers.

Item is a map showing "Mr. Stuart's route through the United States, and Canada in 1828, 29 & 30" and "the boundary of the United States, both on the side of the British Possessions, & those in Mexico." The northern border of United States territory west of the Rocky Mountains is incorrectly noted at 54/40, to reflect American claims of the time.

Item is a map showing boundaries of a proposed new municipality of Burnaby, which would include all land outside the "old" City of Vancouver between Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River and west of North Road. The map also shows the boundaries of District Lots in this area.

Item is a hand drawn map of Pioneer Place (also known as Pigeon Park), on the corner of Hastings and Carrall Streets. Map is colour coded to indicate the portion deeded to the City by the C.P.R., the portion being asked from the C.P.R. for street purposes, and the portion leased by the C.P.R. to Mr. Horne. Included on the map are Horne Block, Garden Block, a sidewalk, lanes, and a fountain. An engineer's estimates of improvements are noted on the right side of the map. Notes at the top of the map by J.S. Matthews, City Archivist read "Presented in 1934 by Ex-Alderman W.H. Gallagher. The date is about 1895."

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.

Item is a map of the municipality of Richmond, showing streets, dykes, railways, swing bridges, churches, schools, post offices, proposed roads, lot numbers and geographical features.

Item is a map used as an advertisement for Dow, Fraser & Co. Limited, Real Estate and Fire Insurance. The map portion of the design is taken from a map published by Archibald Moir & Co. (see MAP 73).

Item is a copy of a published map of Stanley Park which has been annotated to show proposed redevelopment plan for the western portion of Coal Harbour (currently Lost Lagoon) and surrounding area. It is believed that this is one of the sheets referred to by Thomas Mawson in his report to the Board of Parks Commissioners regarding various proposed development schemes for the entrance to Stanley Park and the Coal Harbour area.

Item is a published map of the Vancouver central business district which has been annotated to show which paving type has been used on certain streets: wood block or bituminous.

Item is a map showing railways, car lines, postal block numbers, churches, schools, fire halls, steamship routes, and waterfront businesses. Map is designed to be folded into a small cover stamped "Can be obtained at Galloway's Book Store, 307 Main Street (cor. Cordova), Vancouver, B.C."