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==Online Resources== | |||
*[http://geobc.gov.bc.ca/bcnames/index.html British Columbia, GeoBC]. Official search for BC place names. Results include information on Feature Types (example, locality, mountain) Status, Relative Location, Latitude-Longitude, a map with name marked and additional detail. Also information on name origin where available. Search also by Soundlike Search, or search for names near a point or inside an area, or geographic names with recent decisions.<br> | |||
*[http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cartogr/general/maps.htm Cartographic collection description and guides, British Columbia Archives]. Digitized maps include British Admiralty maps1848-1955, a selection of government maps 1911-1991, pre-emptors series 1911-1969, topographic series 1917-1952, mineral maps, etc. <br> | |||
*[http://library.uvic.ca/dig/earlyBCmaps.html Early BC Maps from the National Archives of England, 1846-1876] (approximately 258 digitized maps), University of Victoria, British Columbia.<br> | |||
*[http://library.uvic.ca/dig/HBCMaps.html Early BC maps from the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives at the Archives of Manitoba], 1840-1866, University of Victoria, British Columbia.<br> | |||
*[http://library.uvic.ca/dig/veh.html Victoria's Early History] including several maps 1855 on, University of Victoria, British Columbia. | |||
*[http://library.uvic.ca/dig/VictoriaFirePlans.html Victoria, British Columbia, Fire Insurance maps], 1885-1916. University of Victoria. | |||
*[http://vihistory.ca/content/maps/maps.php viHistory:viMaps] Assorted Maps of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, including Nanaimo and Victoria,1883-2003; Includes fire insurance maps of Victoria,1885. | |||
'''Maps - additional resources'''<br> | |||
*''British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas ''by Derek Hayes (Douglas & McIntyre, 2012)<br>ISBN-10: 1926812573 ISBN-13: 978-1926812571<br> | |||
*{{FSC|1324865|item|disp=''Historical atlas of Vancouver and the lower Fraser Valley''}} by Derek Hayes (Douglas & McIntyre, 2005).<br> | |||
*[http://www.historicalmapsocbc.com/ Historical Map Society of British Columbia], database with descriptions of known maps of British Columbia before 1871. | |||
[[Category:British_Columbia]] | '''Gazetteers and Place Names'''<br> | ||
*[https://natural-resources.canada.ca/maps-tools-publications/tools-applications/canadian-geographical-names-database Canadian Geographical Names Database] | |||
*{{FSC|1118922|item|disp=''British Columbia Place Names''}} by G. P. V. Akrigg and Helen B. Akrigg (UBC Press, 1997).<br> | |||
*''The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names'' by Andrew Scott (Harbour Publishing, 2009).<br> | |||
*{{FSC|233722|item|disp=''British Columbia Coast Names''}} by Captain John T. Walbran (Douglas & McIntyre. Originally published 1909; reprint edition, 1971).<br> | |||
*{{FSC|502495|item|disp=''Place Names of the Canadian Alp''s}} by William L. Putnam, Glen W. Boles, Roger W. Laurilla (Footprint, 1990). | |||
*[http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/specialist-guides/subject/file76134.pdf ''Place Names of the Pacific Northwest Coast''] by Lynn Middleton (Elldee Publishing Co., 1969).<br> {{British Columbia}} | |||
[[Category:British_Columbia Maps]] | |||
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