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Large footprint from Sayward site, Vancouver Island

The item is a colour photograph of a large footprint that was discovered near Sayward, Vancouver Island in 1993. The footprint is believed, by some, to have been created by a Sasquatch. Dr. Bindernagel investigated the site and created plaster casts of the tracks. The plaster cast created from the print is track number 4 and is housed in container 002340-2558.

Plaster casts of tracks from Vancouver Island

The item is a colour photograph of some plaster casts of some large footprints that were discovered near Sayward, Vancouver Island in 1993. The track is believed, by some, to have been created by a Sasquatch. The area was investigated by Dr. Bindernagel who created the cast. These are likely tracks numbered 4 and 5, in containers 002340-2558 and 002340-2559 respectively.

Douglas Land District land register

  • GR-2632
  • Series
  • 1864-1865

This series consists of a Douglas Land District land register from Range 1, Section 1 to Range 8, Section 20 on Vancouver Island. Entries date from 1864-1865. The registers record the land in numerical order and records the alienation of land from the Crown (by purchase, preemption, lease, etc.). Information may include the name of the purchaser, dates and numbers of certificates issued (including Crown Grants), dates and amounts of payments, and reference numbers to correspondence files and field books. The volume contains an alphabetical name index.

British Columbia (Colony). Lands and Works Dept.

Hope townsite lot register

  • GR-2638
  • Series
  • 1859-1862

This series consists of Yale Division of Yale Land District subdivision lot registers for the Hope townsite from 1859-1862. The records are arranged numerically by block and lot number and record the alienation of land from the Crown by purchase. Information may include name of the purchaser, dates and numbers of certificates issued, and dates and amounts of payments.

British Columbia (Colony). Lands and Works Dept.

Certificates of claim

The file contains certificates of claim for land in the Colony of British Columbia, numbered from 823 to 1388. Each scrip allows the entitled person to claim 20 acres of land within twelve months of issuance and to exchange it for a certificate of conveyance. The scrips are signed by the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Richard Moody are numbered, dated and made out to a person. They also include provisions to transfer the scrip on the back of the form and notes about the lots exchanged for the scrip. The scrips are made out to William Ross, John Hale, Hugh McRoberts and John Thorne, who may have acted as land agents.

Land office blotter

The item is a volume titled land office blotter. Blotters were used to record detailed trading activity. Only one page has been used. The page describes two financial transactions with the Hudson's Bay Company.

The first transaction relates to 200 pound sterling received from James Cooper, Master of the Hudson's Bay Company ship Columbia, as a deposit on a land purchase in September 1849.

The next relates to the trade of 535 blankets on the 6th of May, 1850. The blankets were paid to several Indigenous groups "for purchase of their lands as per details in Register of Land Purchases", also known as the Douglas Treaties. The names, transcribed directly from the blotter, are: Tee-chamitsa, Kosampsom, Swenghung, Chilcowitch, Whyomilth, Checonein, Kakyaakan, Chewhaytsun, and Soak.

This record was likely created by James Douglas, as it appears to be written in his handwriting [see Wilson Duff, "The Fort Victoria Treaties", BC Studies No. 3 (Fall 1969): 8].

Correspondence

Series consists of eighteen letters written to Humphrey Toms by Emily Carr. The letters are addressed to Mr. Toms in Victoria, Enderby, and at various Canadian army addresses.

Petition from Chief of Larawe

One petition from Larawe village to Governor Musgrave requesting Reserves be formally set aside and surveyed to protect their village site and cultivated fields from being stolen by settlers. The information on the petitions was recorded by Revered P. Durien in 1870, who then sent it to the Governor. The petition records several names and marks of individuals.

The petition includes annotations and comments added by the Governor and other government representatives, as well as a draft response approving the survey of a Reserve.

Petition from Chiefs of Fort Yale, Tsenes, Tsiam, Stectelen, Showamel, Twaous, Fort Yale, Choualp, Katlatle, Skokem, Skazir, Boston Bar, Spuzzum and Fort Hope

Two petitions from various First Nations to Governor Musgrave requesting Reserves be formally set aside and surveyed to protect their village sites and cultivated fields from being stolen by settlers. The information on the petitions was recorded by Revered P. Durien in 1870, who then sent them to the Governor.

Each petition records each Chief's name and mark for the following First Nations and villages: Fort Yale, Tsenes, Tsiam, Stectelen, Showamel, Twaous, Fort Yale, Choualp, Katlatle, Skokem, Skazir, Boston Bar, Spuzzum and Fort Hope. The petition provides examples of the Burrard Inlet, Shely and Fort Yale First Nations who had their cultivated land taken by settlers.

Each petition includes annotations and comments added by the Governor and other government representatives, as well as a draft response approving the survey of Reserves.

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