Piece
1 item extracted from CO 305/10. Vancouver Island. Index map to MPG 1/241-MPG 1/248....
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/249
Date: 1859
1 item extracted from CO 305/10. Vancouver Island. Index map to MPG 1/241-MPG 1/248. Scale: 1 inch to 6 miles.
Item
British Columbia. 'Sketch Map shewing the proposed Route of the Western Union Telegraph...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/651/2
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This record is about the British Columbia. 'Sketch Map shewing the proposed Route of the Western Union Telegraph... dating from 1866 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPG 1/651/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1866
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Description (What the record is about)
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British Columbia. 'Sketch Map shewing the proposed Route of the Western Union Telegraph between Fort Fraser and Stikeen [now Stikine] River 1865, with additional information up to 1866. From the explorations of Major F. L. Pope, Asst. Engr., and party. Line as now constructed between Quesnelmouth and the Stikeen River.' The map shows place names, rivers, portages and notes on country. Scale: 1 inch to 20 miles.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 63 cm x 68.1 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 420
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8925613/
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Series information
MPG 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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British Columbia. 'Sketch Map shewing the proposed Route of the Western Union Telegraph...
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