Calendar of Events
- Coming May 9 2011
The Keeper of Lost Records
David Thompson’s Mapping of the Fraser River
Andreas (Andy) Korsos
Andreas Korsos presents a meticulous examination of David Thompson’s mapping of the Fraser River, a river that Thompson never saw during his explorations on the west side of the Rocky Mountains between 1807 and 1812. The examination makes use of the two surviving journals written by Simon Fraser on the 1808 expedition, and a surviving version of Thompson’s great map of 1814 currently located at the National Archives (previously the Public Record Office) in Kew, England.
Korsos, reveals the link that exists between the map and the journals, thereby providing confirmation that the map includes a visual record of Fraser’s annotations and the long lost survey notes of Fraser’s first Lieutenant, John Stuart. This revelation also provides testimony of Thompson’s remarkable talents as a cartographer, his clear understanding of surveying, and impressive evidence that historic maps can contain much more than meets the eye, especially in the case of maps generated by the surveyors of the day who experienced firsthand the landscapes they wrote about and illustrated.
Korsos will present his findings to the Historic Map Society of British Columbia at a meeting on Monday evening May 9, 2011, at 7 pm, in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre,
Room 256 (Chilcotin Board Room). Everyone is welcome to attend.
2009-2010 PROGRAM
Meetings on Monday evenings 7:00pm in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre,
Room 256 (Chilcotin Board Room) at UBC unless otherwise noted.
September NO MEETING
October 19 Derek Hayes Historical Atlas of the American West
November 9 David Malaher The Origin of the Boundary Between Alaska and British Columbia
December 9 WEDNESDAY Margaret Hutchison TOUR BC Archives Map Collection & Christmas Social in VICTORIA
January 11 Mike Layland The Toponymy of Vancouver Island
February NO MEETING
March 8 AGM & Show & Tell LOCATION TBA
April 12 Dr. James Walker Mapping the Oregon Boundary
May Tour to be arranged
NVMA = Community History Centre, North Vancouver Museum & Archives, 3203 Institute Road, Lynn Valley, North Vancouver
UBC = unless otherwise noted, Board Room on 7th. Floor, WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY (Wayfinding at UBC), 1958 Main Mall
NB: Watch for monthly meeting notices!
2009
June 9, 2009
VCA
7:00-9:00pm
Vancouver City Archives Tour of Archives
(limited to 20)
April 20, 2009
7:00pm
Monday UBC Library
John Keenlyside
Keenlyside Map Collection
March 16, 2009
UBC Library
7:00pm
Annual General Meeting; Show & Tell
February 16, 2009
UBC Library
7:00pm
Dee Longenbaugh - Strait of Anian
January 11, 2009
NVMA
2:30pm
Gary Little. Sunshine Coast: George Vancouver & Co.
2008
Sept. 14Sunday NVMA
2:30pm Ken Favrholdt Maps of 1858 Showing Routes to the Gold Fields of British Columbia
Oct. 20
Monday UBC Library
7:00pm Neil Safier The Authorship of Maps
Nov. 23
Sunday NVMA
2:30pm David Malaher David Thompson, Explorer, Surveyor and Cartographer of Western Canada 1789 to 1825
Dec. 8
Monday UBC Library
7:00pm Show & Tell;
Cam Cathcart, Jason Kuffler Reports /Christmas Social
CONTACT HMSBC