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Plan of a 9.783 acre portion of Kitsilano Indian Reserve, District Lot 3610, Group one, New Westminster District [annotated]

Item is a map depicting the area of the former Department of National Defence site at Kitsilano Point (now part of Vanier Park). The map shows the locations of the various Defence buildings on the site. Annotations show a grid layout imposed on the site.

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

City Engineer's reports

Series consists of the City Engineer's set of his reports to the Board of Works (1906-1956) and to the Board of Administration (1956-1959) on works matters. As of 1936 water matters were also included (because the Board of Works took over from City Council's Water Committee). The reports seek approval for recommendations pertaining to proposed, e.g., local improvements, lot clearing, sewer construction, water main repair, street and lane improvements, garbage collection, gas main installation, etc. Reports were signed as adopted by the secretary of the Board of Works. Each volume up to 1945 includes an index. Arranged chronologically.

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

Hydro-electric investigation maps, survey drawings, and measurement data

Series documents efforts by the City Engineer's Office to plan hydro-electric development to serve the City of Vancouver, and is related to hydro-electric surveys conducted in the first three decades of the 20th century in the areas to the north, north-east and south-east of Greater Vancouver. The series consists of maps and survey drawings prepared for City-commissioned reports by the City Engineer's office, as well as reference maps and other proposals by firms such as the B.C. Electric and Power Company, the Bridge River Power Company, or the Nairn Falls Power Company, produced and compiled during report preparation on the source of hydro-electric power for Vancouver.

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

Board of Works reports to City Council

Series consists of the City Engineer's set of Board of Works reports (1906-1956), Board of Administration reports (1956-1974), and City Manager's reports (1974-1977), relating to engineering matters, which were forwarded to City Council for adoption, and signed by the City Clerk. Each volume contains an index. Arranged chronologically.

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

City of Vancouver, British Columbia [sectional map]

File consists of three maps of Vancouver: an index map to the sections, an index map to District Lots, and 62 section sheets drawn and revised between ca. 1935 and 1945. Some time between 1946 and 1951 these maps were compiled and reproduced by the City Engineer's Office.

The 62 sectional plates are divided into three groups: the "Old City of Vancouver," Point Grey and South Vancouver. Maps show streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks, schools, hospital, cemetery, golf courses, retirement homes, and some businesses.

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

Map of City of Vancouver, British Columbia [index map]

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.

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

Sheet 6 : Knight Street to Slocan Street and Eighteenth Avenue to Twenty-ninth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Knight Street to Slocan Street and Eighteenth Avenue to Twenty-ninth Avenue. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks and schools. Some annotations have been made in pencil.

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

Sheet 8 : McLean Drive to Slocan Street and William Street to Seventh Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from McLean Drive to Slocan Street and William Street to Seventh Avenue. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks, schools and some businesses.

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

Sheet 12 : Ontario Street to Clark Drive and Keefer Street to Second Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Ontario Street to Clark Drive and Keefer Street to Second Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks and schools. Includes Terminal Avenue and land used by the Great Northern Railway and the Canadian National Railway.

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

Sheet 20 : Granville Street to Ontario Street and Robson Street to Sixth Avenue

Item is a section showing Granville Street to Ontario Street and Robson Street to Sixth Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, businesses, crown leases, city leases, the Granville Street and Connaught (Cambie) Bridges, and the False Creek yards.

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

Sheet 22 : Stanley Park to Burrard Street and waterfront to Robson Street

Item is a section showing Stanley Park to Burrard Street and waterfront to Robson Street. Includes streets and roads; blocks, lots and legal descriptions. Map shows the locations of Stanley Park, Deadmans Island, marine filling stations, the dredged channel, harbour headline, C.P.R .yards and Pier A, businesses along the waterfront, government buildings, land leases and quit claims.

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

Sheet 23 : Stanley Park to Granville Street and Robson Street to False Creek

Item is a section showing the area from Stanley Park to Granville Street and Robson Street to False Creek. Includes streets, roads and railways; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; as well as parks, schools, hospitals and churches. Shows the Burrard Bridge and C.P.R. property.

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

Sheet M : Granville Street to Kersland Drive and Twenty-seventh Avenue to Thirty-eighth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Granville Street to Kersland Drive and Twenty-seventh Avenue to Thirty-eighth Avenue. Includes streets and roads; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; and golf courses, parks and government buildings.

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

Sheet N : Musqueam Reserve to Wallace Street and Thirty-eighth Avenue to Forty-ninth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from the Musqueam Reserve to Wallace Street and Thirty-eighth Avenue to Forty-ninth Avenue. Includes streets, roads and sewers; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; and parks and schools.

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

Sheet T : Marine Crescent to Granville Street and Forty-ninth Avenue to Sixty-first Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Marine Crescent to Granville Street and Forty-ninth Avenue to Sixty-first Avenue. Includes streets and roads; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; and parks and golf courses.

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

Sheet 4 : Prince Edward Street to Bruce Street and King Edward Avenue to Thirty-sixth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Prince Edward Street to Bruce Street and King Edward Avenue to Thirty-sixth Avenue. Map shows streets, roads, blocks, lots and legal descriptions, and the locations of parks, schools and Mountainview Cemetery.

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

Sheet 5 : Slocan Street to Boundary Road and Seventeenth Avenue to Twenty-ninth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Slocan Street to Boundary Road and Seventeenth Avenue to Twenty-ninth Avenue. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks, schools and the Vancouver Preventorium (for tuberculosis patients). Some annotations have been made in pencil.

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

Sheet 8 : McLean Drive to Slocan Street and William Street to Seventh Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from McLean Drive to Slocan Street and William Street to Seventh Avenue. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks, schools and some businesses.

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

Sheet 10 : Clark Drive to Slocan Street and waterfront to Triumph Street

Item is a section showing the area from Clark Drive to Slocan Street and aterfront to Triumph Street. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks, boys' detention home and businesses along the waterfront. The Town of Hastings is indicated on the map.

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

City of Vancouver, British Columbia [index map]

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, government buildings, cemeteries, parks and businesses along the waterfront.

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

Sheet 16 : Maple Street to Oak Street and False Creek to Sixteenth Avenue

Item is a section showing Maple Street to Oak Street and False Creek to Sixteenth Avenue. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, schools and parks. Indicates crown land leased to the C.P.R. and other bodies.

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

Sheet A : University Endowment Lands to Discovery Street and waterfront to Fifth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from the University Endowment Lands to Discovery Street and waterfront to Fifth Avenue. Includes streets, roads and sewers; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; and parks and schools. Annotations in pencil.

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

Sheet E : University Endowment Lands to Wallace Street and Sixteenth Avenue to Twenty-seventh Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from the University Endowment Lands to Wallace Street and Sixteenth Avenue to Twenty-seventh Avenue. Includes streets and roads; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; and parks and schools.

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

Sheet H : Alexandra Street to Cambie Street and Fifteenth Avenue to Twenty-seventh Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Alexandra Street to Cambie Street and Fifteenth Avenue to Twenty-seventh Avenue.Includes streets and roads; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; as well as parks, schools, hospitals and golf courses.

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

Sheet S.V. 1 : Cambie Street to Carolina Street and Sixteenth Avenue to Twenty-eighth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Cambie Street to Carolina Street and Sixteenth Avenue to Twenty-eighth Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks, nurseries and schools.

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

Sheet S.V. 3 : Cambie Street to Prince Edward Street and Thirty-ninth Avenue to Fiftieth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Cambie Street to Prince Edward Street and Thirty-ninth Avenue to Fiftieth Avenue. Map shows streets, roads, blocks, lots and legal descriptions, and the locations of parks, schools, golf courses and Mountainview Cemetery.

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

Map of City of Vancouver, British Columbia [index map]

Item is an index map of Vancouver showing the boundaries of the sections of the sectional map in this file. Sections depict streets and railway lines; District Lots, blocks, and lots; First Nations reserves, golf courses, cemeteries, parks and businesses along the Burrard Inlet waterfront.

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

Sheet 19 : Maple Street to Richards Street and Drake Street to Third Avenue

Item is a section showing Maple Street to Richards Street and Drake Street to Third Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks, schools, the Burrard and Granville Street Bridges, C.P.R. right-of-ways, the Squamish Band reserve, C.P.R. leases and property, and government reserve. Map includes Granville Island. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks.

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

Sheet 13 : Ontario Street to Clark Drive and First Avenue to Sixteenth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Ontario Street to Clark Drive and First Avenue to Sixteenth Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks and schools. Includes B.C. Electric Railway car barns. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks. Annotations in pencil.

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

Sheet 14 : Main Street to Knight Street and Fifteenth Avenue to King Edward Street

Item is a section showing the area from Main Street to Knight Street and Fifteenth Avenue to King Edward Street. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks, schools and businesses. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks.

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

Sheet 15 : Oak Street to Main Street and False Creek to Sixteenth Avenue

Item is a section showing Oak Street to Main Street and False Creek to Sixteenth Avenue. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, schools, monastery, Vancouver General Hospital and City Hall. Indicates crown land leased to the C.P.R. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks.

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

Sheet 9 : Clark Drive to Slocan Street and Triumph Street to Charles Street

Item is a section showing the area from Clark Drive to Slocan Street and Triumph Street to Charles Street. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks, schools and drill hall. The Town of Hastings is indicated on the map. Some annotations have been made in pencil. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable.

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

Sheet 17 : Trutch Street to Maple Street and Fourth Avenue to Sixteenth Avenue

Item is a section showing Trutch Street to Maple Street and Fourth Avenue to Sixteenth Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks and schools. Annotations in pencil. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks.

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

Sheet 7 : Clark Drive to Slocan Street and Seventh Avenue to Eighteenth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Clark Drive to Slocan Street and Seventh Avenue to Eighteenth Avenue. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks and schools. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable.

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

Sheet B : Imperial Street to Trutch Street and waterfront to Fourth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Imperial Street to Trutch Street and waterfront to Fourth Avenue. Includes streets, roads and sewers; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; and parks and schools. Section shows Jericho Air Station and crown leases. Map is annotated to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable.

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

Sheet C : University Endowment Lands to Imperial Street and Fourth Avenue to Sixteenth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from the University Endowment Lands to Imperial Street and Fourth Avenue to Sixteenth Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks and schools. Section is annotated to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable.

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

Sheet E : University Endowment Lands to Wallace Street and Sixteenth Avenue to Twenty-seventh Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Wallace Street to Trafalgar Street and Sixteenth Avenue to Twenty-seventh Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks and schools. Section is annotated to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable.

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

Sheet P : Trafalgar Street to Granville Street and Thirty-ninth Avenue to Thirty-seventh Street

Item is a section showing the area from Trafalgar Street to Granville Street and Thirty-ninth Avenue to Thirty-seventh Street. Includes streets and roads; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; and parks and schools. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable.

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

Sheet 5 : 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, parks, railway lines and schools. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable.

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

Sheet 1 : Cambie Street to Carolina Street and Sixteenth Avenue to Twenty-eighth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Cambie Street to Carolina Street and Sixteenth Avenue to Twenty-eighth Avenue. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, parks, nurseries and schools. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable.

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

Sectional map City of Vancouver, B.C.

Item is a sectional plan which shows the area bounded by Victoria Drive to Twenty-second Avenue to Knight Street to Thirty-third Avenue. The map is an unapproved preliminary copy with lot and other data added in pencil.

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

City Engineer's subject files

Series consists of records relating to a wide variety of subjects which concerned the Office of the City Engineer, inluding infrastructure (roads, bridges, sewer systems and harbour facilities); administrative and personnel matters; industry, especially energy and resource industries; and False Creek, especially the False Creek Development Survey of the early 1950s. Series also contains correspondence with City Departments and officials.

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

Sheet L : Trafalgar Street to Granville Street and Nanton Avenue to Thirty-eighth Avenue

Item is a section showing the area from Trafalgar Street to Granville Street and Nanton Avenue to Thirty-eighth Avenue. Includes streets, roads and sewers; blocks, lots and legal descriptions; and parks, golf courses and schools. The map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable.

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

Sheet 11 : Carrall Street to Clark Drive and waterfront to Keefer Street

Item is a section showing the area from Carrall Street to Clark Drive and waterfront to Keefer Street. Includes streets and roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions, railways, parks, schools, freight sheds, warehouses, piers and businesses along the waterfront.Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable.

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

Sheet 17 : Argyle Street to Vivian Street and Sixty-second Avenue to Kent Street

Item is a section showing the area from Argyle Street to Vivian Street and Sixty-second Avenue to Kent Street. Includes streets, roads, blocks, lots, legal descriptions and golf courses. Map is hand coloured to show tax sale property for sale, property with no water, street widening and drainage, replotting, reserved land for schools, reserved land for parks, sundry land, capital assets not including schools and parks, schools, and parks, as applicable. "22, 23, 25 to 33, 35, 36/258-329" is written in ink at the top of the map.

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