Nanaimo looking north, c. 1875
In the townsite plan prepared by Deverill, the streets radiated up the hill from the central harbour area. Many of the streets were named after officials or directors of the company. Wallace Street, for instance, was named after Charles Wallace, the company's agent in Victoria. Prideaux, Selby,...
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ftviurr:oai:viurrspace.ca:10613/446 2023-06-18T03:40:05+02:00 Nanaimo looking north, c. 1875 Nanaimo Region British Columbia Wilson Block, Regional District of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, http://sws.geonames.org/11902956 1875 461kb photograph jpeg image/jpeg http://hdl.handle.net/10613/446 https://viuspace.viu.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/446/NanSlide9-6.jpg?sequence=3 en eng Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University http://hdl.handle.net/10613/446 https://viuspace.viu.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/446/NanSlide9-6.jpg?sequence=3 Nanaimo / FC 3894 N3 N35 9-6 / A-04422 / HP011292 Image 1875 ftviurr 2023-06-04T20:19:46Z In the townsite plan prepared by Deverill, the streets radiated up the hill from the central harbour area. Many of the streets were named after officials or directors of the company. Wallace Street, for instance, was named after Charles Wallace, the company's agent in Victoria. Prideaux, Selby, Machleary, Campbell, and Dickson were company directors, while Haliburton was a famous Nova Scotia judge who was chairman of the Board of Directors. In this photograph taken about 1875, Commercial Street wends its way through the centre of the town. By this time, the large ravine (to the left of the bridge in the centre of the photograph) has been partially filled in. Cameron Island seen on the right centre is still an island. The two churches in the centre of the picture are St. Peter's Roman Catholic on the left (built in 1864) and St. Paul's Anglican just to the right. "Photographs courtesy of the Provincial Archives" Still Image Cameron Island VIURRSpace (Royal Roads University and Vancouver Island University) Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Selby ENVELOPE(156.383,156.383,-80.200,-80.200) Cameron Island ENVELOPE(110.606,110.606,-66.217,-66.217) |
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In the townsite plan prepared by Deverill, the streets radiated up the hill from the central harbour area. Many of the streets were named after officials or directors of the company. Wallace Street, for instance, was named after Charles Wallace, the company's agent in Victoria. Prideaux, Selby, Machleary, Campbell, and Dickson were company directors, while Haliburton was a famous Nova Scotia judge who was chairman of the Board of Directors. In this photograph taken about 1875, Commercial Street wends its way through the centre of the town. By this time, the large ravine (to the left of the bridge in the centre of the photograph) has been partially filled in. Cameron Island seen on the right centre is still an island. The two churches in the centre of the picture are St. Peter's Roman Catholic on the left (built in 1864) and St. Paul's Anglican just to the right. "Photographs courtesy of the Provincial Archives" |
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Nanaimo looking north, c. 1875 |
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Nanaimo looking north, c. 1875 |
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Nanaimo looking north, c. 1875 |
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Nanaimo looking north, c. 1875 |
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nanaimo looking north, c. 1875 |
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Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University |
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Nanaimo Region British Columbia Wilson Block, Regional District of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, http://sws.geonames.org/11902956 |
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ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) ENVELOPE(156.383,156.383,-80.200,-80.200) ENVELOPE(110.606,110.606,-66.217,-66.217) |
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Canada British Columbia Selby Cameron Island |
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Cameron Island |
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