Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
NTS lot location index
General material designation
- textual record
- cartographic material
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the series.
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1973-1983 (Creation)
- Creator
- British Columbia. Surveys and Land Records Branch
Physical description area
Physical description
33 cm of textual and cartographic records
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Formed in 1979 by amalgamating the records-keeping functions of the Legal Surveys Branch and the Land Management Branch.
Custodial history
Presumed to be transferred to the Provincial Archives from the Surveys and Land Records Branch ca. 1983. Kept in the Archives map room for many years before being found in the stacks in 2019.
Scope and content
The series consists of copies of files of lot indexes created between 1973 and 1983 by the Legal Surveys Division of the Surveys and Land Records Branch of the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing and its predecessor body, the Surveys and Mapping Branch of the Department of Lands, Forest and Water Resources.
The files are arranged by land districts, with two duotang indexes for each district. Each file contains index information based on the National Topographic System (NTS) of map numbering. The index gives the location of every district lot within an area measuring 7 minutes and 30 seconds in both latitude and longitude. Each file also contains a map of each land district, overlayed by the NTS.
The first set of indexes, in black duotangs, were created between 1973 and 1975 and the second set, in red duotangs, were created between 1977 and 1983. The indexes were updated by the branch annually to show newly created lots and could be used with Departmental Reference maps that had been gridded with the NTS breakdown.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
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Script of material
Location of originals
Original indexes presumed to be with Crown Land Registry.
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
There are no access restrictions.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
A file list is available: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Document/Finding_Aids_Atom/GR-3501_to_GR-4000/GR-3785.pdf
Associated materials
Accruals
General note
Accession number(s): GR-3785.