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The series consists of registers of chronometer readings made at Fort Victoria. The series includes records probably created by or for the Colonial Surveyor for the Hudson's Bay Company (1851-1858). Arranged chronologically.

The series consists of correspondence and miscellaneous documents regarding all aspects of Colony of Vancouver Island and the Hudson's Bay Company. The series includes correspondence, documents, and accounting records from the office of the Surveyor General including the departments of lands and works.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): First white woman in the Central Canadian Arctic PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-06-17 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Marjorie Robertson was born in New Brunswick in 1903, and moved to New Westminster as a child. She married C. Hugh Clarke, a partner in the Canalaska Trading Company, and returned with him to the western Arctic in 1927, remaining there for three years. She associated with native people, and travelled to Herschel Island once a year for supplies. She describes trading in the Arctic, and competition with the Hudson's Bay Company. She also recalls New Westminster in the 1910s and 1920s.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972-03-23 SUMMARY: A talk by Clifford Parnell Wilson, former editor of the "The Beaver" magazine and former assistant director of the National Museum of Canada. [No content summary available.];

SUMMARY: SIDE 1 & 2: Variety show hosted by Alan Young with vocalist Pat "Buster" Morgan, the Radio Rascals, the Olafson Sisters and guest amateur musicians; sponsored by Hudson's Bay Company.;

This series consists of transcripts of correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company relating to the conveyance, settlement, and reconveyance of Vancouver Island. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Volumes:
Volume 1: 1822-1851
Volume 2: 1852-1856.
Volume 3: 1856-1858
Volume 4: 1858-1860
Volume 5: 1860-1863
Volume 6: 1863-1880

The item consists of a surveyor's sketch book including drawings with elevations, etc. of the Victoria area (Mt. Tolmie, Christmas Hill) and a survey of Nanaimo.

The item consists of a surveyor's book of sighting calculations and sketches for Nanaimo District.

This series includes miscellaneous land sale vouchers, issued at Victoria, B.C. by Joseph D. Pemberton, Colonial Surveyor. It includes vouchers pursuant to the sale of fur trade lands of the Hudson's Bay Company and vouchers signed by various Vancouver Island treasury clerks.

This series contains legal opinions offered by Attorney General on a wide range of subjects. For more information on the subjects covered, please consult the attached finding aid.

The Crown land grants in this series have been recorded in registers covering particular districts or towns. Those registered after 1869 overlap with a centrally registered series of Crown land grants (GR-3097,1869-1930). Included in this series is an indexed volume of Hudson's Bay Company deeds to lands on southern Vancouver Island granted between 1851 and 1858.

Records from 1860-1878 have been indexed in the Historic Crown Grants database (http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/gator/crowngrantsearchrequest.do). Unlike the records in GR-3097, no volume or grant number is provided, only a reel number.

Crown land grants in this series are documented with a land grant registration form and, in many cases, related records. Most of the forms originally consisted of "a" and "b" parts; the latter was given to the grantee, and the former (a long, narrow "counterfoil" ) was kept by the government. These counterfoil records describe the sale or transfer of specific parcels of Crown land; some also describe the terms and conditions governing these transactions. Some counterfoils contain very little information. Registration forms generally document the following: registration number; grantee name; location, acreage, and lot number of the land; and the amount paid. Registration dates are in most cases distinguished on the forms from the dates land was initially acquired; this reflects the fact that purchase of land may not have been finalized until months or years afterwards, when all required improvements had been made. In rare cases, no registration or acquisition date is recorded. Attachments (usually glued to the relevant counterfoil) include sketches of land, applications for Crown grants, receipts, certificates of purchase and title, conveyances recording sale of granted land to other persons, state of title forms, court documents, and related correspondence and other documentation.