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Title: John Webber - Nootka Sound 1778
Description: Item consists of a photographic slide with annotations including: "Webber, John 'Resolution & Discovery in Nootka Sound' 1778," "cont. Cooks voyage," "Thomas H. Cole, Desolation p. 19."
Type: projected graphic
Fonds: John Warkentin fonds (F0184)
Accession / Box: 2009-029 / 003 (03)
Date: 1778
Identifier: ASC16312
Identifier (PID): yul:276441

Title: Central British Columbia
Description: This is a map of central British Columbia in 1940 showing cities and towns (with population 1931 census data), highways, roads, railways, trails, power sites, steamship routes, mining sites, parks and game reserves. It includes notes on precipitation, prospecting, geology, minerals, precious metals and water power.
Type: Maps
Date: 1 May 1940
Identifier: 3572/B71 C1/1000/1940
Identifier (PID): yul:1151274

Title: Southwestern districts [British Columbia] : [back]
Description: This is the back of a 1925 Southwestern British Columbia map on land use (see Southwestern districts [British Columbia] : [front]). It provides statistical data on population, finance, climate, agriculture, livestock, grazing, forestry, mining, power, labour, fur trad, railways and fisheries, as well as tourist and entertainment information for major cities in the Southwestern part of British Columbia.
Type: Maps
Date: 1 May 1929
Identifier: 3572/B77 C1/500/1925
Identifier (PID): yul:1151265

Title: Southwestern districts [British Columbia] : [front]
Description: This map of 1925 Southwestern British Columbia presents land distribution and provides useful land use information as related to livestock raising, crop growing, dairying, farming and mining. The back of the map (see Southwestern districts [British Columbia] : [back]) provides statistical data on population, finance, climate, agriculture, livestock, grazing, forestry, mining, power, labour, fur trad, railways and fisheries, as well as tourist and entertainment information for major cities in the region.
Type: Maps
Date: 2 January 1925
Identifier: 3572/B77 C1/500/1925
Identifier (PID): yul:1151264

Title: Nicola Lake sheet [topographic]
Description: This is a topographic map of Lake Nicola area in 1927 showing surveyed lands, First nations reserves, land districts, forest reserves, mining divisions, railways, telegraph, telephone and power lines, irrigation canals, roads, trails, rivers, lakes, rapids, bridges, cities and towns.
Type: Maps
Date: 2 May 1927
Identifier: 3572/N5 C1/126/1927
Identifier (PID): yul:1151263

Title: Northern British Columbia
Description: This is a 1943 reprint of a map of Northern British Columbia from 1933 providing rock and soil information for the purpose of prospecting for minerals. It includes notes on the geology, mineralization, river navigation in the region, also shows roads, trails, railways, parks, telegraph lines, rivers, lakes, rapids, cities and towns.
Type: Maps
Date: Augusr 1943
Identifier: 3572/B72 A1/1000/1933
Identifier (PID): yul:1151262

Title: Map showing Indian agencies, and the number of and total areas of Indian reserves in the province of British Columbia
Description: This is a map of British Columbia, probably from the 1920's, showing Indian agencies and number of and area of Indian reserves.
Type: Maps
Date: [192-?]
Identifier: 3571/G55/-/[192-?]
Identifier (PID): yul:1151261

Title: Map from the Pacific Ocean across the Rocky Mountain zone : to accompany report on the exploratory survey
Description: This is a map of the Rocky Mountains in 1874 showing explored areas, routes, passes, lakes and rivers, as well as unexplored routes and regions.
Type: Maps
Date: January 1874
Identifier: 3572/R6 P205/1584/1874
Identifier (PID): yul:1151256

Title: Impressions Voctoria, British Columbia, Canada : the "Empress" city of the golden west
Type: print
Identifier (PID): yul:740338

Title: Blazing the trail through the rockies : the story of Walter Moberly and his share in the making of Vancouver
Type: print
Identifier (PID): yul:463842

Title: Kwan family videos : Birthdays in Greater Vancouver Area
Description: Item consists of footage of children playing, celebrating birthdays, opening presents, and eating sweets. Project and donor contributed description follows: "This footage documents a series of four of Derek Kwan’s birthdays in Vancouver in the nineties between October 1991 and 1994. In October 91, the setting is a McDonald’s ball pit in the greater Vancouver area. Surrounded by friends, family and cousins, Kwan and other kids are wearing the McDonald’s card paper hats eating birthday cake, with his mom sitting behind him. At present opening time, seen in the shot is his uncle, cousins, and grandma. For Derek’s 3rd birthday in October 1992, we are located in Richmond, a suburb 20 minutes away from the city of Vancouver. We are indoors and adults are encouraging Derek to hit a piñata of Mickey Mouse’s head that was made by Derek’s mom, Victoria. She loved to create themed birthday parties, and DIY party favors with her friends, and Derek remembers having a piñata every year, until he got too old for it. Victoria made the piñata incredibly strong, and it’s very difficult to break. Eventually the adults jump in and start helping the kids break through the Mickey piñata. Derek shares: "Disney holds cache to it as a kid growing up in the 90s as the happiest place on earth." Each year, when Derek opens his gift, he consistently receives boxes from the Bay, which he notes is interesting as a staple Canadian store. At his third birthday he also receives a table hockey set, another inherently Canadian gift, and the family excitedly surrounds the set. At Derek’s fourth birthday in 1993, we are located at Chuck E Cheese. Much like the McDonalds ball pit, Chuck E Cheese was a go-to sport for 90s kids birthday parties. Derek receives action figures, and a ninja turtle toy. Documented at Derek’s fifth birthday in 1994, is Derek’s childhood home in East Vancouver, where he lived during elementary and high school. We see the backyard and kids playing surrounding the basketball hoop. Derek shares that thoughts of being Chinese took a back seat and he didn’t think too deeply about it growing up. East Vancouver was very diverse and being white was the minority. He grew up around Chinese, Vietnamese, Pilipino and East Indian people. Although race wasn’t a forefront in Derek’s mind, it was brought to his attention during family functions when everyone spoke Cantonese, and for cultural festivals like Chinese New Year."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-033 / 001 (01)
Date: 1991-1994
Identifier: 2019-033 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152022

Title: Sointula
Description: Consists of a video recording (no audio) of scenes of the island community of Sointula in British Columbia. Annotations on tape include: "Erasure Date: Perpetuity" "Series: Western Profiles" and "Library Number: V1343."
Type: videotapes
Fonds: Varpu Lindström fonds (F0558)
Accession / Box: 2009-025 / 018 (22)
Date: [before 1990?]
Identifier: ASC41385
Identifier (PID): yul:1125048