Shows properties of James Tod and Samuel Norn adjacent to and encroaching upon the reserve.
Shows properties of James Tod and Samuel Norn adjacent to and encroaching upon the reserve.
Series consists of records dealing with land sales including conveyances, deeds, mortgages, and land and Crown grants.
The documentation traces the history of ownership of various properties until they come into the possession of the Corporation of the City of Victoria.
The City acquired ownership of many of these properties for the purpose of rights of way for sewer, paths etc., the creation or extension of roads, or for public schools. City properties acquired for other purposes include the BC Agricultural Association lands at Willows in Oak Bay, the proposed cemetery at Ogden Point and Ross Bay Cemetery. Copies of various Crown grants such as the James Bay mud flats, Mt. Douglas and Beacon Hill Park are also included.
Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk's OfficeShows trails, roadways, monuments.
The file consists of newspaper articles and other related material.
Shows park boundaries and road.
Shows roads and relief by contours. The "proposed highway" is the road to the summit of Mount Douglas.
Part of two-part panorama. Cedar Hill Road in foreground. Looking towards Mt. Douglas. Intersection of Cedar Hill X Road and Richmond Road, left foreground. St. Aidan's Church, centre.
McTavish, Duncan DouglasShows cleared land at the southeasterly corner of Mount Douglas Park
Series consists of correspondence and papers of this committee of Council.
The committee was formed because the City of Victoria owned several parks within the boundaries of the Municipality of Saanich, the most notable being Mount Douglas Park. This committee was also known as the Victoria Saanich Mount Douglas Park Committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Victoria and Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee