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Victoria water supply
AC2-CD-01560-MAP-0120 · Item · [1872]
Part of City documents collection

Contents: General plan of district. Scale [1:31 680] -- Comparative sections of dams. Scale [1:1200]. Vertical scale [1:120] -- Reduced sketch of town distribution. Scale ca. 1:23 000 -- General plan of proposed works ; Section on line of pipes. Scale [1:15 840]. Vertical scale [1:1800].

AC1-MAP-0109 · Item · 15 Oct. 1864
Part of Miscellanea collection

Shows streets, roads, buildings, cultivated land, depths by soundings and relief by hachures. Includes 2 views of approaches to Esquimalt Harbour.

AC1-MAP-0105 · Item · 15 Oct. 1864
Part of Miscellanea collection

Shows streets, roads, buildings, cultivated land, depths by soundings and relief by hachures. Includes 2 views of approaches to Esquimalt Harbour.

AC1-MAP-0005 · Item · Jan. 1863
Part of Miscellanea collection

Shows surveyed lots and prominent buildings. Note in ms. (on original): "The city boundaries as defined in the "Victoria Incorporation Act, 1862" are shown in red. Mohun & Farwell, L.S., Victoria, V.I., 9th Augt. 1866."

AC1-MAP-0139 · Item · Jan. 1863
Part of Miscellanea collection

Shows surveyed lots and prominent buildings. On edge of map: "The red lines designate the 20,000 feet of pipes to be laid down within a year from the passing of the Act. The promoters of the bill purpose [sic] laying the pipes through the whole of the streets of the city as required. [Illegible name], agent for the bill." These are evidently the lines of the Spring Ridge Water Works Company.

Vancouver Island
AC1-MAP-0028 · Item · 1861
Part of Miscellanea collection

Shows Mayne Bay, Toquart Bay, Pipestem Inlet and Effingham Inlet. Depths shown by soundings, relief by form lines.

Strait of Juan de Fuca
AC1-MAP-0107 · Item · 18 Jan. 1849
Part of Miscellanea collection

Shows depths by soundings and relief by hachures. Includes view of Cape Flattery. Inset: Continuation of Admiralty Inlet and Puget Sound.

Esquimalt Harbour
AC1-MAP-0026 · Item · 08 Sep. 1848
Part of Miscellanea collection

Shows depths by soundings and relief by hachures. Coburg Island (i.e. Peninsula), Gotha Point and Saxe Point noted.

A perfect 'Eden'
AC1-MAP-0223 · Item · [ca. 1842]
Part of Miscellanea collection

Shows different habitats, such as forests, plains, lakes, rocks and hills, that make up the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Inset: "Quadra or Vancouver Island".