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City of Vancouver [park sites June/80]

Map is a City Engineering Department base map of Vancouver, with parks hand-coloured in green. Shows city blocks and Canadian Pacific, Canadian National and Great Northern Railway lines. Golf courses, hospitals, schools, theatres and other structures are identified. "Metric Vancouver" and "Guide Map 15" appear in the bottom right corner of the map.

City of Vancouver

Map is a City Engineering Department base map of Vancouver, showing city blocks and Canadian Pacific, Canadian National and Great Northern Railway lines. Parks, golf courses, hospitals, schools, theatres and other structures are identified. "Metric Vancouver" and "Guide Map 15" appear in the bottom right corner of the map.

Cheakamus power survey for City of Vancouver, 1930-1931 : proposed storage reservoir at Daisy Lake : sheet no. 5 to accompany report of E.A. Cleveland dated November 30th 1931

Map is a plan of the proposed storage reservoir at Daisy Lake on the Cheakamus River. The map includes a plan of the topography of the proposed dam site, a log of borings, and a capacity diagram at Daisy Lake Reservoir. Also included are elevations, power stations, pipelines and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway line. The map was created to accompany E.A. Cleveland's "Report on a Preliminary Investigation of the Cheakamus River Power Possibilities made for the City of Vancouver." Map has been numbered Tube 58.

Cheakamus power survey for City of Vancouver, 1930-1931 : plan showing proposed development near Mile 19 - P.G.E. Rly. : sheet no. 6 to accompany report of E.A. Cleveland dated November 30th 1931

Map is a topographical plan showing the proposed hydroelectric development on the Cheakamus River near Mile 19, Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Indicated on the map are the locations of tunnels, dams, by-passes, pipelines, the railway line, and the power station for the Cheakamus Canyon development. The map was created to accompany E.A. Cleveland's "Report on a Preliminary Investigation of the Cheakamus River Power Possibilities made for the City of Vancouver." Map has been numbered Tube 59.

Cheakamus power survey for City of Vancouver, 1930-1931 : plan showing proposed diversion works near Mile 19 - P.G.E. Rly., detail sheet : sheet no. 7 to accompany report of E.A. Cleveland dated November 30th 1931

Map is a topographical plan showing the proposed diversion works on the Cheakamus River near Mile 19, Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Indicated on the map are the locations of tunnels, dams and the railway line. The map was created to accompany E.A. Cleveland's "Report on a Preliminary Investigation of the Cheakamus River Power Possibilities made for the City of Vancouver." Map is numbered Tube 60.

Cheakamus power survey for City of Vancouver, 1930-1931 : topographical plan from Alpha Lake to Cheakamus River, above Mile 34, P.G.E. Rly. : sheet no. 8 to accompany report of E.A. Cleveland dated November 30th 1931

Map is a topographical plan showing the area from Alpha Lake to Cheakamus River, above Mile 34, Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Indicated on the map are the locations of the Mons Gauging Site, a suggested dam site, trails, the old wagon road, the railway line, and Millar Creek. The map was created to accompany E.A. Cleveland's "Report on a Preliminary Investigation of the Cheakamus River Power Possibilities made for the City of Vancouver." Map has been numbered Tube 61.

Cheakamus power survey for City of Vancouver, 1930-1931 : plan showing topography southward along a line from Cheakamus River near Mile 34, P.G.E. Rly. : sheet no. 9 to accompany report of E.A. Cleveland dated November 30th 1931

Map is a topographical plan of the Cheakamus River area from a point southward near Mile 34, Pacific Great Eastern Railway, showing elevations and a trail. The map was created to accompany E.A. Cleveland's "Report on a Preliminary Investigation of the Cheakamus River Power Possibilities made for the City of Vancouver." Map has been numbered Tube 62.

Map of the Province of British Columbia

Item is a a map of the province of British Columbia as well as parts of Alberta and the Northwest Territories. The map depicts the route of the Canadian Pacific Railway, including all the stations between Calgary and Vancouver. Also shown are the railways between Nanaimo and Victoria on Vancouver Island and between Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta

Map of the municipalities of New Westminster City and District, British Columbia

Part contains a map of the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley from the Gulf of Georgia in the west to Harrison Lake in the east. Map shows locations of churches, schools, canneries, sawmills, brickyards, tanneries, woolen mills and hatcheries; existing and proposed railways; and roadways.

Stuart's pocket map of Vancouver, B.C.

Item is an illustrated map of the "old" City of Vancouver. The map shows streets, transportation, and significant businesses (such as C.P.R. wharves, smelter, Hastings Mill, Morse's Mill, C.P.R. Shops, City Hospital, sawmill, slaughter houses, and smallpox hospital). The map includes "Index of Streets, Government Offices, Churches, [etc.], including "Civic and other Principal Buildings", "Places of Amusement or Recreation", "Public Schools", "Principal Mills, Foundries and Manufactories", "Principle Bankers", Principal Hotels", and "Miscellaneous".

The map was designed to be folded into a cover, which is included.

Railroad map of Greater Vancouver, British Columbia

Item is a map which shows the routes of the Great Northern Railway, the Burlington Northern Railway, the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway, the British Columbia Electric Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway, and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. The map notes years of railway completion, years of abandonment, existing trackage, abandoned trackage, proposed trackage, tunnel trackage, and important dates.

Vancouver, B.C. 1890 : built-on area

Item is a map showing downtown Vancouver and a portion of east Vancouver. City blocks, buildings and railway lines are shown. Annotations in pencil mark the location of Granville Bridge, Main Street Bridge, the Vancouver Lumber Company, the Canadian Pacific Railway station, the Hastings Sawmill, False Creek and Burrard Inlet.

Holdsworth, Derek

Proposed Raymur Ave. [Avenue] Trunk Sewer diverting sewage from False Creek reclaimed area

Map shows the proposed Raymur Avenue Trunk Sewer to divert sewage away from the False Creek reclaimed area. It includes the area from Main Street to Clark Drive and from Alexander Street to Seventh Avenue. Streets and blocks are shown. The map was heavily annotated between 1936 and 1941, and a preliminary pumping layout to Clark Drive was added in December 1936. Also indicated are the locations of sewers, pumps, drainage and elevations; the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) Station, lines, industrial sites and proposed roadways; the Great Northern Railway (G.N.R.) Station and lines; a proposed rail yard; and the City Dump.

Proposed Raymur Ave. [Avenue] Trunk Sewer diverting sewage from False Creek reclaimed area

Map shows the proposed Raymur Avenue Trunk Sewer to divert sewage away from the False Creek reclaimed area. It includes the area from Main Street to Clark Drive and from Alexander Street to Seventh Avenue. Streets and blocks are shown. The map is annotated in ink and pencil with regard to top and bottom fill and water levels. A pencil diagram of the pump at Parker Street has been drawn at the top of the map. Also indicated are the locations of pumps; the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) Station, lines, industrial sites and proposed roadways; the Great Northern Railway (G.N.R.) Station and lines; and the City Dump.

Proposed Raymur Ave. [Avenue] Trunk Sewer diverting sewage from False Creek reclaimed area

Map shows the proposed Raymur Avenue Trunk Sewer to divert sewage away from the False Creek reclaimed area. It includes the area from Main Street to Clark Drive and from Alexander Street to Seventh Avenue. Streets and blocks are shown. The map is heavily annotated in ink and pencil to 1936. Indicated on the map are the locations of pumps, sewers, drains, and elevations; the Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) Station, lines, industrial sites and proposed roadways; the Great Northern Railway (G.N.R.) Station and lines; a proposed rail yard; and the City Dump. Also noted is the water consumption of various companies in the area.

Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley

Part contains a map showing the B.C. Electric railway line within the Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley area, other railway lines, main roads, municipal boundaries, industrial sites, airports and ports. An inset map shows the total area served by B.C. Electric within British Columbia and the location of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley within that area.

Map of Manitoba, Kewaydin, British Columbia and North West Territory shewing the country traversed by the Canadian Pacific Railway

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."

[Sheet 7 : Burrard Street to Main Street and Georgia Viaduct to Burrard Inlet]

Item is a sectional map of a portion of Vancouver showing the area from Burrard Street to Main Street and Georgia Viaduct to Burrard Inlet. Includes streets, blocks, lots and legal descriptions, and the locations of parks, beaches, schools, theatres, post office and Canadian Pacific Railway yards and piers.

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