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A Russian map of Gabriola - 1849

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Author: Doe, Nick

Date: January 2002

Geographic Location: British Columbia - Vancouver Island (Colony); British Columbia - Gabriola Island

Material Type: magazine article

Abstract: "This map clearly shows that either HBC surveyors were extraordinarily busy in the winter of 1852/3, or, more likely, that the HBC knew rather more about the geography of the Gulf Islands than Governor Douglas's report to the RGS in February, 1853, would have the casual reader believe."

Author: Doe, Nick

Role: Author

Date: January 2002

Person: Douglas, James, 1803-1877

Corporation: Hudson's Bay Company

Topic: Maps; Historical geography - Maps

Geographic Location: British Columbia - Vancouver Island (Colony); British Columbia - Gabriola Island

Material Type: magazine article

Source Title: Shale : Journal of the Gabriola Historical & Museum Society

Issue: 3

Pages: 7-17

Abstract: "This map clearly shows that either HBC surveyors were extraordinarily busy in the winter of 1852/3, or, more likely, that the HBC knew rather more about the geography of the Gulf Islands than Governor Douglas's report to the RGS in February, 1853, would have the casual reader believe."