| Summary: | 1 map; 31 x 24 cm. The 1887 date on this map has been added in green ink- the date depicted in this map is certainly several years earlier. In 1873 the settlers there employed a civil engineer to map the area and its claims. Though approximately 50 names match between the two maps, there remain about five or six differences, leading one to assume that this map depicts the area within a few years of 1873. It can be definately identified as being after 1865 and before 1875. The area was first settled in the early 1860s, for its rich farmland and easily accessible lumber. The towns first trading post, post office, and saloon were all built on Florence Island on George Kyle's land in about 1865. In 1878 the post office moved to the north shore of the river, and Centreville changed its name to Stanwood.
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