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Part contains information on the southwestern districts of British Columbia, including population, climate, agriculture, industry, labour, and education; itineraries for exploring the various regions; information on Canadian customs regulations and game regulations; and diagrams of road routes to British Columbia from California and Alberta/western Washington.

Part contains a commercial and visitors map of the southwestern land districts of British Columbia, encompassing Vancouver Island and the mainland from Seymour Inlet in the northwest to Black Pines in the northeast, extending south to Chiwaukum, Washington. Primary map shows settlements, government agent offices, mining and sub-mining recording offices, game reserves, customs posts, hospitals, ferries, campsites, golf courses, canneries, commercial air harbours, lighthouses, radio stations, motor boat refill stations, power sites, railways, roadways, trails, telegraph and telephone lines, steamship routes, topographic contour lines, and locations of falls and rapids. Text on the map provides information on land features and the presence of wild and farmed animals, and indicates current and possbile agricultural and industrial land use. Inset maps show the northern tip of Vancouver Island, Triangle Island and West and East Haycock Islands, and northwestern Washington State from Seattle to Centralia. A key map shows the location of the area covered by the main map in relation to the rest of North America.

Item is a copy of a British Columbia Department of Lands map of British Columbia north of the 55th parallel. Map shows cities and towns, smaller settlements, post offices, railways, roadways, trading posts, ferries, hospitals, telegraph lines, government agents' offices, mining and sub-mining recording offices, hatcheries, falls and rapids, drainage flow, and park, provincial, and international boundaries. An inset map shows the far northwest area not shown on the primary map.

Item is a map of the Stikine River region from Dease Lake in the north to Stewart in the south. Map shows land and timber surveys, government and First Nations reserves, mining division and international boundaries, government agents' offices, mining and sub-mining recording offices, post offices, villages, Hudson's Bay Company posts, telegraph lines, hospitals, schools, radio stations, triangulation stations, railways, roadways, bridges, falls and rapids, glaciers, and topographic contours.

Part shows the Lower Mainland and Howe Sound from Britannia Beach in the northwest to Indian Arm in the southeast. Map shows topographic contour lines, elevations, lakes, streams and other natural features, roads, railways, communication lines, cities and other settlements, and land, timber, and mineral surveys by number.

Part shows the Lower Mainland and Burrard Inlet from Howe Sound in the west to Indian Arm in the east. Map shows topographic contour lines, elevations, lakes, streams and other natural features, roads, railways, communication lines, cities and other settlements, and land, timber, and mineral surveys by number. Includes a list of sources of information.

Item is a map with four accompanying inset maps. The area depicted on the main map, entitled "Commercial and Visitors Map" is the area of southwestern British Columbia, encompassing most of Vancouver Island, the Coast and New Westminster land districts, and portions of the Kamloops and Lillooet land districts. The northern end of Vancouver Island is depicted in Inset maps A and A1, inset map B depicts the north-western portion of Washington State, and a small index map of North America shows the continental location of the area depicted by the main map.

The information included in the map is: physical features, including topography; boundaries of land districts and divisions; transportation routes; logging status; dominant wildlife species; and proposed and existing economic activity in various areas.

Item is a map depicting political and commercial information. The map shows the location of cities and towns, government agent offices, post offices, railway stations, villages, lighthouses, mining recording offices, international and inter-provincial boundaries, land district boundaries, park boundaries, hospitals, radio stations, telegraph and telephone lines, railways, roads and trails and elevations in British Columbia. An inset map shows details around southern Vancouver Island. The sheet also includes distance tables by coast, road, and rail, and an index of post offices.

Item is an economic map which depicts the area of central Vancouver Island made up of the Comox, Nelson, and Newcastle land divisions, as well as portions of the Alberni, Cameron and Nanoose land district. The map includes the inside passage islands between Lasqueti and Sonora Islands, and the coastal portion of the New Westminster land district from Bute Inlet south to the mouth of the north arm of the Fraser River.

Information included on the map includes timber licenses, Indian reservations, other government reserves, District Lots, physical features (not including topography), and municipal boundaries.

Item is an economic map which depicts Vancouver Island south of Buttle Lake, as well as coastal areas of the mainland from the approximate location of Britannia Beach, south and the northern coast of the Olympic Peninsula. Information included in the map include Timber Licenses, Indian reserves, other land reserves, municipal boundaries, District Lots outside municipalities, geographic features (not including topography), transportation routes, and parks.

Item is a map of British Columbia showing cities and other settlements, bodies of water, international, provincial, land district and park boundaries, telephone and telegraph lines, railways, railways under construction, and trails. Includes an index of post offices and a distance chart.

Item is a map of the southwest coast of British Columbia from Cortes Island to Alta Lake and Chilko Lake to the northern tip of Gabriola Island. Map shows timber leases, Crown granted land, parks, municipalities, power lines, roads, railways, elevation of lakes and some mountains, hospitals, schools and canneries.

Item is a map showing the districts of New Westminster and Yale and includes parts of Kamloops and Lillooet districts. It shows (with colour codes) crown granted land, timber leases, reserves, railways, cities, roads, municipalities, post offices, lighthouses, and land and mining recording offices.

Item is an economic map which depicts the area of central Vancouver Island made up of the Comox, Nelson, and Newcastle land divisions, as well as portions of the Alberni, Cameron and Nanoose land district. The map includes the inside passage islands between Lasqueti and Sonora Islands, and the coastal portion of the New Westminster land district from Bute Inlet south to the mouth of the north arm of the Fraser River.

Information included on the map includes timber licenses, Indian reservations, other government reserves, District Lots, physical features (not including topography), and municipal boundaries.

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 an annotated tracing of a map showing the future sites of Vancouver, Burnaby and the North Shore from an area bordering on English Bay to an area bordering on North Arm. Traced over by J.S. Matthews in 1954, it illustrates intended land settlement and subdivision in 1877. Also shown are bodies of water, Hastings & Granville Road, and the settlements of Hastings and Granville. Annotations are an introductory note by Matthews in August 1954 titled "Before Greater Vancouver." Enclosed with the map are four letters between J.S. Matthews and W.H. Hutchinson, Chief of the Geographic Division of the B.C. Survey and Mapping Branch of the Department of Lands and Forests, in 1954 concerning the map's provenance and Matthew's efforts to increase the legibility of copies of the original map.

Item is a map of southwestern British Columbia from Bute Inlet to Alta Lake and Chilko Lake to northern Gabriola Island showing Crown granted land, surveyed timber leases and licenses, Indian Reserves, government reserves, land district and park boundaries, nautical distances, municipalities, cities and villages, telegraph and telephone lines, pipelines, railways, government agents' offices, mining and sub-mining recording offices, post offices, lighthouses, roads, and elevations of geographical features.