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References:

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  • Mackie, Richard Somerset. Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843. UBC Press, 1997
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Northern Alberta 1919 map

Northern Alberta showing disposition of lands. Department of the Interior, 1919 (detail)

Northern Alberta showing disposition of lands. Department of the Interior, 1919 (detail)
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

Department of the Interior Canada
Honourable Arthur Meighen, Minister
Northern Alberta
Map showing disposition of lands
1919

Including lands reserved for purposes of solider settlement.

BC Lands Map Central 1892

Map of the central portion of British Columbia. 
British Columbia Department of Lands and Works, 1892

Map of the central portion of British Columbia.
British Columbia Department of Lands and Works, 1892
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

Map of the central portion of British Columbia compiled and drawn by direction of the Honorable F.G. Vernon, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works
Victoria, B.C.
1892
Gotfred Jorgensen, Draughtsman.

Note along the South Fork of the Fraser River:

From the Grand Rapids to Cranberry River (185 miles) the South Fork might be navigated by steamers of light draft. The fall, 2 feet to a mile, is nearly uniform.

Note at Tête Jaune Cache: Iroquois I. Vill.