- CM/A1891
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- [1862]
Shows pre-emptions 155-163 on Namukamis Bay and along the Sarita River.
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Shows pre-emptions 155-163 on Namukamis Bay and along the Sarita River.
Map of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Company's land grant, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Part of Archives cartographic collection
The item consists of a coloured rolled map printed in 1910 that shows the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Company's land grant on Vancouver Island.
Part of Archives cartographic collection
Shows land districts. Mountains shown by hachure.
Part of Archives cartographic collection
Shows land districts. Mountains shown by hachure. North Saanich, South Saanich, Lake, Highland, Victoria, Esquimalt, Goldstream, Metchosin and Sooke Districts coloured.
Part of Archives cartographic collection
Shows land districts. Mountains shown by hachure. North Saanich, South Saanich, Lake, Highland, Victoria, Esquimalt, Goldstream, Metchosin and Sooke Districts coloured.
Part of Archives cartographic collection
Shows land districts. Mountains shown by hachure. Victoria Electoral District outlined and labelled.
Part of Archives cartographic collection
Insets: Plan of Friendly Cove in Nootka Sound / by Sir Edwd. Belcher -- Victoria District -- [World] -- Continuation of Admiralty Inlet & Puget Sound.
Map showing school area at junction of Cobble Hill and Shawnigan Lake Mill Bay Roads
Part of Archives cartographic collection
[Marine rescue -- rescue training]
Part of CHEK TV fonds
Television stock shots
Marsh, Frederick William, 1888-1951. Gabriola Island; Writer.
Part of Frederick Marsh fonds
Unpublished drafts of "Leisure Island Laughter", and historical novel depicting the settlement, development, and social life of the Gulf Islands, British Columbia; miscellaneous personal correspondence.
Marsh, Frederick, 1888-1951
[Martin Mars water bomber] : [MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., ca. 1972?]
Part of MacMillan Bloedel Limited fonds
Unedited footage. Footage of the Martin Mars flying boat, the world's largest fire-fighting aircraft. A Mars is seen on the tarmac and in the water at its Sproat Lake base on Vancouver Island. It is also seen in flight, dropping water on a forest fire, and skimming along a lake to refill its tanks.
Masters' journals of M.V. Uchuck III
Part of M.V. Uchuck fonds
Masters' journals of M.V. Uchuck III, 1962-1975, concerning daily operations of vessel plying west coast of Vancouver Island, from Gold River to Zeballos. Collection includes newspaper clippings, poems, tariffs, and time-tables pertaining to vessel.
Uchuck III (Motor Vessel)
Max Enke personal and business papers
Part of Max Enke fonds
Papers relating to business activities in Victoria and on Galiano Island, including agreements and lists of property owned; reminiscences of people on Galiano Island; train and steamship tickets, and journals of trips made with the Northland Navigation Company to the west coast of Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands in the 1960s; documents, letter books and correspondence inward re internment in Belgium, Germany and France in World War II.
34 plans transferred to map division and given the following registration numbers: 14016B (30 sheets), 14032A, 14033A, 14034A and 14035A.
[May Day; Uchuck I; Kelowna Regatta; Royal visit, Parksville, 1951; Port Alberni fishing derby]
Part of University of Victoria. University Archives and Special Collections accession
Amateur film. May Day: parade (mostly children); May Queen, etc. Gardens, beach, house at Parksville. The vessel "Uchuck I" travels from port (Ucluelet?) to places on Barkley Sound; people on board, scenery, etc.; Port Albion Cannery; return trip; Port Alberni Chamber of Commerce trip. Okanagan visit: Kelowna; city streets; 45th Regatta [i.e., 1951] - Ogopogo float; parks, people, fruit. Royal Visit to Parksville; motorcade with Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip [1951]. Small parade. Waterfalls. Port Alberni fishing derby, held by the Tyee Club: fishing; men displaying their catches; weighing in the fish, etc.
Collection consists of records created by members of the Maynard family, primarily Hannah Hatherly Maynard and Richard Maynard. Hannah, Richard, and their son, Albert Hatherly Maynard, were professional photographers based in Victoria. Records include photograph albums, a portion of the photographic portfolio of Hannah and Richard Maynard, a studio register with over 5,000 customer entries for portrait orders fulfilled by Mrs. R. Maynard's Photographic Gallery, and a small number of textual business records. Within this collection, the works of other photographers and photographic studios may be found. Images depict studio portraits, family gatherings, field photographs for Department of Indian Affairs tours of inspection of Indigenous communities, construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.), documentary photographs of the natural history collection of the Provincial Museum (now Royal BC Museum), and Hannah's experimental artistic works such as tableau vivants, photocollages, composites, montages, photo-sculptures, and double- and multiple-exposure studio portraits.
Records within this collection have been arranged into series that roughly correspond to Maynard Collection numbers that were assigned according to themes by either one of the Maynard family members or early BC Archives staff.
Maynard (family)
The item is a video copy of an amateur film, originally made ca. 1947. Shows Mayo Lumber Company operations near Nanaimo, including sawmill, railway and log booming operations.
McKay's claim, Adams River, East coast Vanc. Id.
The item is a b&w photograph of McKay's claim on the Adams River, East coast of Vancouver Island.
The item is a release print of an industrial film from ca. 1958. BC Power Commission employees do many jobs essential to the maintenance of electrical service. The film includes footage of snow survey work on central Vancouver Island, a logging crew clearing trees at the edge of a reservoir, work in progress on the water diversion tunnel at Ash River, transmission tower construction, a crew hanging warning markers on power lines, inspection of power lines via helicopter and Spillimacheen generating station. There are also scenes in Fort St. James and vicinity. The film is set within the framework of a simulated interview show on CHEK-TV. Director of administration Garth Griffith and public information officer Jim Bogyo talk with host Keith Cutler.
Part of James M. Bogyo collection
Industrial film. BC Power Commission employees do many jobs essential to the maintenance of electrical service. The film includes footage of snow survey work on central Vancouver Island; a logging crew clearing trees at the edge of a reservoir; work in progress on the water diversion tunnel at Ash River; transmission tower construction; a crew hanging warning markers on power lines; inspection of power lines via helicopter; and Spillimacheen generating station. Also scenes in Fort St. James and vicinity. The film is set within the framework of a simulated interview show on CHEK-TV. Director of administration Garth Griffith and public information officer Jim Bogyo talk with host Keith Cutler.
Men, mountains and the challenge
Part of Lew M. Parry fonds
Documentary. Highway construction in BC. Includes planning and surveys; opening of contractors' bids by Highways Minister Gaglardi; clearing of route by heavy equipment; culvert assembly; drilling and blasting rock; road bed preparation; paving. Also: traffic control; overpass construction. Sections of Highways 1 and 1A are shown, and Premier W.A.C. Bennett presides at an official opening.
Men, mountains and the challenge
Part of Department of Highways films
The item is a reel of industrial film showing highway construction in BC. Includes planning and surveys; opening of contractors' bids by Highways Minister Gaglardi; clearing of route by heavy equipment; culvert assembly; drilling and blasting rock; road bed preparation; paving. Traffic control and overpass construction are also discussed. Sections of Highways 1 and 1A are shown, and Premier W.A.C. Bennett presides at an official opening.
Men, mountains and the challenge
The item is a composite print of a documentary film made ca. 1957. It shows highway construction in BC. Includes planning and surveys; opening of contractors' bids by Highways Minister Gaglardi; clearing of route by heavy equipment; culvert assembly; drilling and blasting rock; road bed preparation; paving. Traffic control and overpass construction are also discussed. Sections of Highways 1 and 1A are shown, and Premier W.A.C. Bennett presides at an official opening.
Middle Coast : Rock Bay to Smith Sound, Sayward, Alert Bay, Port Hardy, Cape Scott
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
The sub-series consists of oral history interviews about the history of the South Coast region, including Kingcome Inlet and communities between Cape Scott and Fort Rupert on Vancouver Island.
The file contains a typescript by Leonard Humphreys titled "Migrant's Life, 1912". It contains an account of Mr. Humphreys emigration from Liverpool, England to Vancouver and his subsequent move to Vancouver Island.
Miner with ore car leaving tunnel #1, Lenora Mines, Mount Sicker
Miner identified as Albert Holeman.
[Mining : Island Copper (Utah Mines) ; Buttle Lake mine]
Part of CHEK TV fonds
Television stock shots
Mining Engineer correspondence outward
The series consists of correspondence out created by the Resident Mining Engineer of district no. 6 (Western) between 1935 and 1946. The correspondence is indexed by each volume.
British Columbia. Dept. of Mines. Resident Mining Engineer
The series contains records relating to mining leases (3 vols.). Volumes 1 and 2 are entitled Records of Mining, Leases and are registers of leases issued. They are arranged by Mining District. Included are entries for lease number, date and description of the lease, name of lessee, lot and locality of the lease, annual rental and other fees, expenditure requirements, date of assignment and assignee, letter reference numbers and cancellation information. Volume 3 is a record book of applications for mining leases recorded at Victoria, B.C., for the Stikine and Liard Mining Divisions of Cassiar District and Victoria District.
British Columbia. Dept. of Mines. Administrative Branch
The series consists of mining leases filed at Victoria and arranged by mining district. The records were created by the Chief Gold Commissioner between 1876 and 1930.
British Columbia. Gold Commissioner
This series contains a Mining Records Register Book. This volume is a register of various land grants, mineral claims, mining records, and water rights. Included are a record book of all claims and water privileges recorded in the Leech and Sooke River districts commenced December 1864 (1864-1878), and a register of all mining records and mineral claims recorded at Victoria, B.C., by the Chief Gold Commissioner, 1873-1911. Areas covered include the Queen Charlotte Islands, Cassiar district, and portions of Vancouver Island and the adjacent coast of British Columbia. Also included in this volume are the following items relating to the Royal Engineers in British Columbia: (1) List of men of Royal Engineers who purchased their discharge in British Columbia or Vancouver Island on the return of the North American Boundary Commission to England, 26 Sept. 1863. (2) Schedule of Crown Grants issued to Royal Engineers who served in the Colony of British Columbia under Colonel Moody.
British Columbia. Gold Commissioner