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Vancouver Harbour. British Columbia

Vancouver Harbour. British Columbia

Item is a map sheet containing three nautical charts. The main map shows English Bay and Burrard Inlet and the land bordering these bodies of water, including North and West Vancouver, Downtown Vancouver, the University Endowment Lands and Port Moody. Inset maps depict the north arm of Burrard Inlet and a chart showing Vancouver Island in relation to the B.C. coast and the state of Washington, U.S.A.

Airstrip at Brockton Point (day flyings)

Item is an architectural drawing which depicts the overall design of a proposed airstrip in Burrard Inlet at Brockton Point. The drawing also depicts the associated waterfront expressway feeding onto the Lions Gate Bridge and a 6-lane tunnel under the First Narrows.

Foundation of Canada Engineering Corporation

Vancouver Harbour : Sheet 2 (Point Grey to Second Narrows)

Vancouver Harbour : Sheet 2 (Point Grey to Second Narrows)

item is a nautical chart of Burrard Inlet and Vancouver Harbour from Point Grey in the west to Second Narrows in the east, showing soundings in fathoms, tidal information, anchorages, beacons, and waterfront businesses. Street names are shown on land areas. A Royal Canadian Air Force bombing range at Jericho Beach is identified as a danger area.

Sko-Mish-Oath : the territory of the Squamish Indian People : Indian villages and landmarks : Bur...

Sko-Mish-Oath : the territory of the Squamish Indian People : Indian villages and landmarks : Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound before the whitemans came

Item is a print of a map by Major James Skitt Matthews, City Archivist, showing villages, landmarks and rivers of Howe Sound and Burrard Inlet using their indigenous names. The map also shows elevations and wildlife populating the area. It was compiled between 1931 and 1937, with the assistance of August Jack Haatsalano (Khahtsahlano), whose attestation is included on the map. Notes on the map explain the map's nomenclature.

Matthews, James Skitt, Major

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

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.

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