William Law Ogilby Diary
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| − | Starting from Victoria, Vancouver's Island with a Surveyor and fifteen Men, for the purpose of completing a Survey commenced two years previous | + | Starting from Victoria, Vancouver's Island with a Surveyor and fifteen Men, for the purpose of completing a Survey commenced two years previous; defining the line between the Dunsmuir Grant from the Government land: we were landed at Alberni by the C. P. W. Co Steamer Maude on the 29th [wilts?] |
| − | Monday March 28th | + | Monday March 28th Has passed visiting some Dog fishing Stations and in landing supplies for some Sealing Schooners: three or four of these Schooners were waiting in the bay for fine weather: proceeding afterwards we landed at the flourishing town of Alberni. Tuesday March 29th |
| − | Where we landed our supplies warehousing them for the nights on the wharf: we then split up | + | Where we landed our supplies warehousing them for the nights on the wharf: we then split up into two by twos and visited the places of interest in the aforesaid settlement: (Alberni is on the west coast of Vancouver Island: about 100 miles North of Victoria at the head |
AAAA1452 File 1 Ogilby, William Law Diary, 27 Mar to 8 Oct 1892. | AAAA1452 File 1 Ogilby, William Law Diary, 27 Mar to 8 Oct 1892. | ||
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From March 27th/92 To Oct 8th/92
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Diary of a Chain Man on a Government Survey on Vancouver Island
Tuesday March 27th
Starting from Victoria, Vancouver's Island with a Surveyor and fifteen Men, for the purpose of completing a Survey commenced two years previous; defining the line between the Dunsmuir Grant from the Government land: we were landed at Alberni by the C. P. W. Co Steamer Maude on the 29th [wilts?] Monday March 28th Has passed visiting some Dog fishing Stations and in landing supplies for some Sealing Schooners: three or four of these Schooners were waiting in the bay for fine weather: proceeding afterwards we landed at the flourishing town of Alberni. Tuesday March 29th Where we landed our supplies warehousing them for the nights on the wharf: we then split up into two by twos and visited the places of interest in the aforesaid settlement: (Alberni is on the west coast of Vancouver Island: about 100 miles North of Victoria at the head AAAA1452 File 1 Ogilby, William Law Diary, 27 Mar to 8 Oct 1892.