Finding Aid for: DYKES AND DRAINAGE
Series 7
Dykes and drainage
- Part Of:
- Dykes and drainage
- Type
- Municipal Records
- GMD
- textual records; cartographic material; graphic
- Date
- 1908-1982
- Level:
- Series
- Series No.:
- 7
- Physical Description:
- 43 cm of textual records; 22 maps; 16 photograph prints : b&w
- Scope:
- Series consists of correspondence, petitions, financial statements and other financial records, agreements, reports, judgements, transcripts and survey plans arranged in subject files that relate to dykes and drainage in general as well as the various dyking district schemes. Some records, dating back to 1908, were absorbed from an earlier filing system into the later system. Dyking activities under the various early dyking commissions as well as later activities under municipal direction are documented. Topics include dyking and drainage works on Sea Island, Mitchell Island and in Steveston; changes to the Richmond Drainage and Dyking Act of 1936; the activities of the Fraser Valley Dyking Board after the 1948 flood; agreements and disputes involving dyking and drainage works in relation to land title and taxation; debentures and other financing matters; and construction and maintenance of dykes and drainage ditches
- Accession No.:
- 1988 18; 1991 44
- Name(s):
- New Lulu Island Slough Dyking Commission
Fraser Valley Dyking Board
Lulu Island West Dyking Commission