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City Solicitor's agreements
CoV-CR-0345 · Series · 1874-1975
Part of City of Victoria fonds

Series consists of agreements, leases, contracts and other legal documents which pertain to a variety of matters including land purchases, Vic West Arbitration, and expropriation of land at Elk Lake and Sooke Lake and for water works purposes.

It also includes records dealing with expropriation of land in Fernwood for the Victoria High School as well as agreements for houses under the Soldiers Better Housing Act, and agreements with other municipalities regarding infrastructure projects.

Victoria (B.C.). City Solicitor's Office
Sooke and district, V.I.
PR-0124-MAP-0019 · Item · [ca. 1930]
Part of Linn Gale fonds

Shows surveyed lots, mineral claims, roads, railway, pipeline and power transmission line. Inset: Other compilations... [on Vancouver Island].

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.

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".