Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Osoyoos and Similkameen surveys, 1919
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- graphic material
- textual record
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Title notes
- Source of title proper: Also known as Okanagan-Similkameen survey by McCaw, 1919.
- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the sub-series.
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Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1919 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
ca. 950 photographs
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Custodial history
Scope and content
The sub-series consists of glass plate photographic negatives created by a topographical surveying party headed by R.D. McCaw, B.C.L.S. in 1919, working on behalf of the Surveys Branch of the Department of Lands. The sub-series may include photographs of and/or taken from the following locations: Okanagan Valley, Similkameen Valley, Keremos, Mount Kobau, Apex Mountain, Harris Creek, Creighton Creek, Blue Nose Mountain, Lumby, Brent Mountain. The items are arranged based on the creator's numbering of the plates (plate number - original plate box number). Plate box numbers 1-40 are taken in the Okanagan area. Plate box numbers 41-78 are taken in the Harris Creek area.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Arrangement of items is according to the creator's original numbering. An example of the individual plate codes: 10-12 S. This code is made up of three elements: Plate #-Plate box- Survey. The example listed above would be located as follows: Survey: Osoyoos and Similkameen survey, represented by the letter ~S~ Plate: 10 Plate box: 12 The file list would then be consulted to find the container which contained the 12th box of plates from R.D. McCaw's, 1919, Osoyoos and Similkameen survey.
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Selected items are available in electronic form.
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
No access restrictions. Conservation restriction: when available, use digital copy. Copyright belongs to the Government of British Columbia.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
File list available. Selected items, and item descriptions, are available on the BC Archives visual records database.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- McCaw, Robert Daniel, 1884-1941 (Subject)