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Subject: Re: Older maps of Kootenay, BC?
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:11:47 -0700
From: timross <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Ilene:

Good to hear from you! Your patron has consulted with me in person here
@ UBC, but I was not able to locate materials to assist him. It's a
frustrating case in that the Howser place name was apparently never
documented properly in the late 19th cent., so the origin is unclear. I
recommended contacting the local historical society and also the British
Columbia Archives in Victoria, BC,  for maps and surveyors' notebooks.
Presumably those searches were unsuccessful if he's now contacting U.S.
repositories.

Best,

Tim



Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Older maps of Kootenay, BC?
> Date:   Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:16:16 -0600
> From:   Ilene Raynes <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Hi-
>
> We have a patron would is looking for older maps (pre-1893) of Kootenay,
> BC, showing either Howser Creek or Howser Lake. Anyone have ideas or
> have something in their collection that might help him? He says he’s
> been to just about every map library in Canada, but I don’t know if he
> asked a librarian for help or just poked around himself. Tim or Tom, do
> you remember working with this patron?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ilene
>
> Ilene Raynes
>
> University of Colorado at Boulder
>
> Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences and Map Library
>
> Campus Box 184
>
> Boulder, CO 80309
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> (303)-492-4487 (phone)
>
> (303)-735-4879 (fax)
>
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Tim Ross,  Map  &  Reference Librarian
Koerner Library, Univ. of British Columbia
1958 Main Mall,   Vancouver, B.C.    V6T 1Z2
Phone:  (604) 822-6191    Fax:  (604) 822-9122
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