Item #M1030 Map of British Columbia compiled from the Map of the Province recently prepared under the direction of the Hon. J. W. Trutch, Lieut. Gov. Of the Province with additions from the Maps of the Post Office Department. Trutch.

Map of British Columbia compiled from the Map of the Province recently prepared under the direction of the Hon. J. W. Trutch, Lieut. Gov. Of the Province with additions from the Maps of the Post Office Department

Toronto: Trutch, 1878. Notes: Sir Joseph William Trutch, was an English-born Canadian engineer, surveyor and politician. Colonial governor Anthony Musgrave and Trutch worked together to negotiate British Columbia's entry into the confedereation, which occurred in 1871 after they secured a promise for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Trutch was then named as British Columbia's first post-confederation lieutenant governor, a position he retained from 1871 to 1876. Following his tenure as lieutenant governor, Trutch was appointed a "Dominion agent for British Columbia", and helped to oversee the construction of the CPR in the province., Size : 408x613 (mm), 16.06x24.13 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Category: ;Maps Canada West British Columbia;. Very Good. Item #M1030

Notes: Sir Joseph William Trutch, was an English-born Canadian engineer, surveyor and politician. Colonial governor Anthony Musgrave and Trutch worked together to negotiate British Columbia's entry into the confedereation, which occurred in 1871 after they secured a promise for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Trutch was then named as British Columbia's first post-confederation lieutenant governor, a position he retained from 1871 to 1876. Following his tenure as lieutenant governor, Trutch was appointed a "Dominion agent for British Columbia", and helped to oversee the construction of the CPR in the province., Size : 408x613 (mm), 16.06x24.13 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Category: ;Maps Canada West British Columbia;.

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