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North America, W Coast: Canada: British Columbia: Strait of Georgia, vicinity; six...

Catalogue reference: ADM 344/2133

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This record is about the North America, W Coast: Canada: British Columbia: Strait of Georgia, vicinity; six... dating from 1858 Jan 01 - 1906 Dec 31 in the series Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ADM 344/2133
Date
1858 Jan 01 - 1906 Dec 31
Description

North America, W Coast: Canada: British Columbia: Strait of Georgia, vicinity; six items on one sheet: item 1, 'Marks for Sand Heads of Fraser River', showing 'Galiano Island', 'Valdez Island' and 'Mount Prevost', annotated; item 2, 'Mount Benson' and 'Gabriola Island', annotated; item 3, 'Leading Mark for entering Nanoose Harbour leading clear of Imperieuse Rock' by Lt G E Nares RN, approved by Cdr J F Parry (HMS Egeria), annotated, showing 'Mount Arrowsmith' and 'Notch Hill'; item 4, 'Porlier Pass - View of Race Point L[igh]t Ho[use] bearing SE' from Cdr Parry (HMS Egeria); item 5, 'Point Atkinson - BC (4922-123)', item 6, 'Yellow Island (4914-79)', (Deputy Minister of Marine, Ottawa, c1894)

Note
Items 1 and 2, pen and ink with wash; item 3, watercolour; items 4-6, photograph
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folio 8B, item 7, page 8; West Coast of North America vol. II (Nautical Papers 25), pages 206-329; V10394, V10395, V10668 and V10690; item 5, enclosure to S45/1906
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11441433/

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