Surveying
Private Journal of Captain G.H. Richards, The
Edited by Linda Dorricott & Deidre Cullon
Captain Richards' journal is an account of three survey seasons on Vancouver Island aboard two British Navy ships, the HMS Plumper and the HMS Hecate. Between 1860 and 1862 Richards and his dedicated crew surveyed and charted the entire coastline of Vancouver Island, creating ... Read more
Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide
By Jay Sherwood
Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide is the second book of a two-part series describing the initial Alberta/BC boundary survey undertaken between 1913-1924. Surveying the 120th Meridian focuses on the years 1918-1924, when the Alberta crew continued the survey of ... Read more