This series consists of 2 volumes of accounts ledgers regarding map and photostat sales. Includes alphabetical index.

This series consists of published charts produced by the Hydrographic Office of the British Admiralty.

Although the Admiralty Charts were designed to serve as navigational aids, they frequently contain extensive cultural and topographic information. Of particular interest to researchers engaged in First Nations studies is the appearance on early charts of First Nations villages and longhouses. Since the charts were usually based on new surveys, they provide invaluable information on the birth and development of nineteenth century BC coastal communities. Indeed, the charts often serve as the only available cartographic record of early settlements, and may depict such features as Hudson's Bay Company forts; prominent buildings and bridges; farms and field layouts; and railways, roads, and trails.

A guide to the symbols and abbreviations used on the charts is available in Chart X,II (CM/B2423 1911). The chart list identifies for each chart the edition date, as well as the date of the latest large and small corrections. Although the use of the terms edition and large and small corrections changed over time, the practice during much of the period in question appears to have been as follows. A new edition of a chart was generally produced only when the chart was thoroughly revised in content and style. When a chart received changes that were not so extensive as to require the preparation of new edition but were too extensive to be described in the Admiralty Notice to Mariners, the words "large corrections" together with the date of correction were entered near the bottom centre of the chart. When a chart was updated with changes that either appeared in the Notice to Mariners or were considered of no relevance to safe navigation, the words "small corrections" and the date of correction were entered in the bottom left corner of the chart. The number of the Notice in which small corrections were announced was sometimes also entered. Small corrections could be entered on the charts by hand, either at the hydrographic office itself or at the various agencies that sold the charts. Finally, since this series brings together items from diverse sources including other archival record units, it includes a variety of charts annotated by the charts' original users. Items containing significant annotations are identified in the chart list, but researchers are warned that in many cases it will be impossible to identify the persons responsible for the annotations.

This series contains a cartographic manual with a standard legend compiled by the Forest Service Map Coordinating Committee with the cooperation of the Divisions and Forest Districts.

The series consists of the records of G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer, created between 1915 and 1951. The records relate to boundaries, cartography, toponymy and geography and include correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts, and geographic name lists and clippings.

The series also includes 32 printed maps including city and regional maps of communities in British Columbia, Alberta and Washington.

There are general files on origins, development, and organization of the Geographic Division; drafts and notes for annual reports, 1925-1935; staff organization and personnel file, 1920-1938; map production statistics, 1934-1951; file re Fort Norman, N.W.T. and Pouce Coupe oil fields, 1921; draft of Tweedsmuir Park brochure, 1938, geographic place name lists and notes, cards and clipping files.

The series consists of records created by the Geographic Division between 1916 and 1957, and contain the files of the Chief Geographer, G.G. Aitken, relating to cartography, toponymy, surveying, boundaries, and miscellaneous other geographical topics. The files include correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts of publications, research notes, pamphlets and clippings and records of the Natural Resources and Map Committee, 1924-1934.

The series also contains 23 road, highway and rail maps and two photographs of an unidentified dam.

This series contains records relating to map production, map distribution, personnel and staff salaries. It includes miscellaneous memoranda on resources along the route of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (1936-1942) and a memorandum by F.C. Green on the Post-War Rehabilitation Council, 1943. This unit also includes three notebooks of G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer, on map production, survey instructions, accounts, and acreages of streams and rivers in British Columbia.

The item consists of a copy of Albert Leonard Farley's 1960 University of Wisconsin thesis (Ph.D.) entitled Historical cartography of British Columbia with a separate appendix of maps. Many of the maps Farley reproduced for the thesis were from the BC Archives.
Volume 1 is a UMI Microfilm print copy of the thesis in 378 pages.
Volume 2 is the separate appendix of maps and consists of an oversized atlas of map plate reproductions. A list of plates is in the front of the atlas and includes penciled reference codes for the maps copied from the BC Archives collection.

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Instructional film. Video presentation about the new mapping program, Terrain Resource Information Management.