New Explorations – collaborators welcome!

 

A. Transcribing & checking references

1. Sorting references into stylesheet format
2. Sorting and annotating cartography references

B. Transcribing & checking Pemberton’s field notes

1. One of the missing 1856 survey tracing copies

  • RN Survey Commander Captain Richards obtains tracing from Pemberton
  • Handed to Richards at Barclay Sound, June-July 1858
  • May 2017, may have a source

2. We have Pemberton’s 1856 Lat./Long. field notes

  • Direct digitised map copy: University of Victoria, BC
  • Field notes on microfilm at HBC Archives (Archives of Manitoba)
  • HBC reels available through interlibrary loan

 

C. Tracing 1872-1886 Waggon Road

1. Ground-truthing clues

  • Combining 1856-1886 reference reports into reference list
  • Assembling clues from cartography & reports
  • Linking up with area volunteers to map the routes
  • Ground-truthing the routes with assistance from satellite imagery

D. Tracing 1911 Gazetted Road

1. Ground-truthing clues

  • Assembling clues from cartography & reports
  • Linking up with area volunteers to map the routes
  • Ground-truthing the routes with assistance from satellite imagery