Journeys & Transformations: British Columbia Landscapes

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NATURE

· Fire Forests

FIRST PEOPLES

· First Nations Basketry from the Dry Forests

HISTORY

· Revealing the Cariboo-Chilcotin

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Revealing the Cariboo-Chilcotin

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Running a transit, Lac La Hache, 1908. BC Archives I-58116.




		Maps provide us with a sense of place and show our relation to everyone else's place. The British Columbia government knew that good maps were critical for settlement. Roads had to be located, railways built and land sold. Collecting this information was the task of the land surveyor.


Map showing the location of Thaddeus Harper's Chilcotin ranch at the time of its sale in 1889. This is the same general area shown in the photograph of the junction of the Fraser and Chilcotin rivers in the Fire Forest section. RBCM 983.53.18.

		Mapping the Cariboo-Chilcotin seemed an easy task compared to mapping the high mountains of the Coast Range. But dotted with lakes, rivers and creeks, the landscape proved to be as difficult as any other terrain.


Loading a pack horse for a pack train, Quesnel, 1908. BC Archives I-58406.

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