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British Columbia. Commercial map of B.C.

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.

Cheakamus Lake

Item is a map showing the results of a preliminary survey of Cheakamus Lake and surrounding terrain. This map appears to be a draft of potions of the base map for MAP 1077.01, MAP 1077.02 and MAP 1119.

Cheakamus power survey : copy of portion of plan no. 11 accompanying report by E.A. Cleveland

Map is a topographical plan showing elevations and the location of power houses, dams, pipelines, tunnels and railways as well as mountains, glaciers, creeks and lakes in the Garibaldi Lake area. The map shows the area approximately between the Cheakamus River in the west and Pitt River in the east, and between Green Lake in the north and Rampart Lake in the south.

The map is a tracing of a portion of one of the maps created by E.A. Cleveland in 1931 and was included in the appendix to his report to the City of Vancouver on the hydro-electric capacity of the Cheakamus River system (the atlas of maps accompanying the Cleveland report is MAP 939). Sheet 11 of that atlas was a copy of the map Topographical map of Garibaldi Park, published by the British Columbia Department of Lands in 1928, a copy of which had been used as a base map to note elements of the Cheakamus River hydro-electric survey.

Chilliwack Lake scheme & Jones Lake scheme

Item is a map depicting proposed hydro-electric development north-west of Chilliwack Lake. The map shows the location so proposed dams, flumes, tunnels and the location of a power house on the Fraser River west of Jones Lake.

Chilliwack River development

Item is an architectural drawing sheet with six drawings related to proposed hydro electric development on the Chilliwack River: Tunnel section; Spillway section-rock-filled timber crib dam at Chilliwack Lake; Tunnel intake; Tunnel outlet & surge tank; Diversion & storage dam; and Power house and tailrace. Each drawing includes cost and quantity estimates for construction materials.

Dam on Soo River at 4+4980

Item is a map sheet containing two profiles: one showing the increased reservoir height with a subsidiary dam built and the other a profile of the proposed subsidiary dam site.

Garibaldi Lake study 1932-1933

Item is a graph depicting gauge water heights for Lesser Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Lake, Upper Rubble Creek, Lower Rubble Creek for the period Apr. 1932 to Apr. 1933.

Hydro electric survey City of Vancouver : Cheakamus River system from Squamish River to Green River

Item is a map which shows a proposed hydro electric development of the Cheakamus River system from the Squamish River to Green Lake. The map includes proposed tunnel routes, diversions, storage reservoirs, dams, power houses, canals, and pipelines. Also shown are areas of suggested future development and the Pacific Great Eastern railway line. Included in the area surveyed are Garibaldi Lake, Starvation Lake, Deadman's Lake, Daisy Lake, Stoney Lake, Cheakamus Lake, Alta Lake, Nita Lake, Alpha Lake, and Green Lake, as well as the Squamish River, Pilchuk River, Cheakamus River, Soo River, Green River, and various creeks.

Hydro electric survey City of Vancouver : Cheakamus River system from Squamish River to Green River

Item is a map which shows a proposed hydro electric development of the Cheakamus River system from the Squamish River to Green Lake. The map includes proposed tunnel routes, diversions, storage reservoirs, dams, power houses, canals, and pipelines. Also shown are areas of suggested future development and the Pacific Great Eastern railway line. Included in the area surveyed are Garibaldi Lake, Starvation Lake, Deadman's Lake, Daisy Lake, Stoney Lake, Cheakamus Lake, Alta Lake, Nita Lake, Alpha Lake, and Green Lake, as well as the Squamish River, Pilchuk River, Cheakamus River, Soo River, Green River, and various creeks. Map is hand coloured with pencil annotations concerning watersheds, land height and creeks not included on the original map design.

Hydro electric survey Green River to Alpha Lake

Item is a portion of a draft version of a map, which depicts hydro-electric survey data from the Green River north of Green Lake, to the headwaters of Millar Creek south of Alpha Lake. The map includes the route of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, timb

Hydro electric survey. Plan showing preliminary survey of Cheakamus Lake

Item is a topographical map showing a preliminary hydro electric survey of Cheakamus Lake, including a capacity diagram of Cheakamus Lake with dam at Section A-B and a cross-section on that line. The sheet includes a graph depicting the capacity of Cheakamus Lake with dam at section A-B. The map includes the Cheakamus River, creeks, characteristics of the terrain, elevations, and water level. Certified correct by Charles W. Williams.

Hydro electric survey. Plan showing preliminary survey of Cheakamus Lake

Item is a topographical map showing a preliminary hydro electric survey of Cheakamus Lake, including a capacity diagram of Cheakamus Lake with dam at Section A-B and a cross-section on that line. The sheet includes a graph depicting the capacity of Cheakamus Lake with dam at section A-B. The map includes the Cheakamus River, creeks, characteristics of the terrain, elevations, and water level. Certified correct by Charles W. Williams.

Hydro electric surveys. Plan showing location of water powers investigated by City of Vancouver

Item is a map which functions as a visual index to the locations of various hydro electric surveys carried out by the City of Vancouver along the following rivers: Squamish River, Cheakamus River, Green River, Lillooet River, Eagle River, Indian River, Pitt River, Chehalis River, Harrison River, Chilliwack River, the Fraser and Thompson Rivers, and Bridge River. The map lists the names of the surveyors responsible and the areas covered by each survey. Annotations include the locations and the dates of use of "gauging stations established" and "city gauging stations still in use."

Hydro electric surveys. Preliminary plan of Brandywine Creek

Item is a map which shows the results of a survey of the hydro-electric capacity of a section of Brandywine Creek, a tributary of the Cheakamus River north of Squamish, B.C. (D.L. 4098 and D.L. 4100]. The map depicts elevations, creek beds, gravel bars, flat areas, waterfalls, benches, wagon road and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway line. The map includes two cross-section maps of areas A-A and B-B. Notes on the map indicate that the elevations given are the height above the Pacific Ocean, and that Great Eastern Railway datum was used.

Lillooet District from sale April 6th 1911

Item is a copy of a the left-hand portion of a land registry map showing part of the Lillooet Land District. The portion shows part of the upper Lillooet River and surrounding area. The original map has multiple annotations re: land sales.

Map showing stream gauging status

Item is a map which has been annotated to show the locations of stream gauges in the area covered by the various hydro-electric surveys done by the City of Vancouver and Dominion government in the 1910s and 1920s. The map is similar to MAP 1080-01 and 1080.02 but does not have information on surveys.

Plan and profile from Cultus Lake to Vedder Crossing

Item is a map sheet that contains one main map showing the area between Cultus Lake and Vedder Crossing. The sheet also contains four cross-sections of the Chilliwack River. MAP 1117 appears to be a draft version in the hand of the surveyor, H. Idsardi.

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