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The Pemberton Family's Construction of Victoria's Landscape

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Surveying and Mapping


1890 Map of Victoria

1890 Map of Victoria District, Courtesty of the Surveyor General's Branch

J. D.  Pemberton was the Colonial Surveyor for Vancouver Island, mapping and surveying early Victoria.

Read about the history of mapping and surveying in England and Europe, 

then see if Pemberton's work reflects Victorian-era conventions of surveying.



Survey

European Surveying and Mapping

Survey of Victoria

Pemberton's Maps and Surveys