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Beacon Hill Park map
AC1-MAP-0233 · Item · Sep. 2007
Part of Miscellanea collection

Shows Beacon Hill Park, points of interest in the park, and points of interest in the surrounding area. Inset shows the Saanich Peninsula and the highways that reach Beacon Hill Park.

Victoria (B.C.)
AC1-MAP-0161 · Item · 1899
Part of Miscellanea collection

John Blair's proposed plan for Beacon Hill Park. Includes index to key features: pavilion, belvedere, conservatory and flower garden, drinking fountains, park-keepers house, summer houses, bridge, water closets, fountain, zoological grounds, grotto and boiling spring.

Land acquisition documents
CoV-CR-0260 · Series · 1858-1956
Part of City of Victoria fonds

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 Office
Battery Street
CoV-CR-0181-04143 · File · 27 Jul. 1910
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Consists of application by City of Victoria to connect dressing room and public convenience room at Battery Street to sewer.