Author: Aitken, G.G.
Title: British Columbia / G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer: 1923 Commercial Map of B.C.
Description: British Columbia: Land Recording Office, 1923. 1923. British Columbia: Land Recording Office, 1923. 1923. Very good. - A superb 28 inch wide by 37 inch wide commercial folding wall map of British Columbia produced under the supervision of G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer of the Land Recording Divisions. Produced during British Columbia's period of economic growth following the First World War, the map exhaustively details telegraph, phone, and railroad lines with an index of post offices and a table of distances. The map, with color outlines, offers details of cities, towns, and villages within the province with a table of distances by ship, rail and road to destinations within Canada and across the world printed along the left. There is a tiny hole in the fold at the center of the map with very slight loss. Very good. A previous owner has noted on the verso of the map: "Plan showing from Pine Pass to Pa[..] Terminal". In the left corner of the map in red pencil the owner has sketched an outline of a "Steam Ship Channel" with the note "First X is Town Site the second X is Iron deposit also [?]. Very good .

Keywords: CANADIANA; AMERICANA; FOLDING MAP; COLOR MAP; COMMERCIAL MAP OF B .C.; BRITISH COLUMBIA; G.G. AITKEN, CHIEF GEOGRAPHER; LAND RECORDING OFFICE; LAND RECORDING DIVISIONS; TELEGRAPH; PHONE LINES; RAILROAD; RAILWAYS; CITIES; TOWNS; VILLAGES; POST OFFICES; DIS


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