How can I find a map of Leechtown?
Leechtown, at the junction of Leech and Sooke Rivers, Vancouver Island, was the site of a minor gold rush in 1864. The original gold rush community existed there for a very short period of time. Gold was first discovered by Peter Leech on 14 July 1864 during the Vancouver Island exploring expedition led by botanist Robert Brown. Gold mining activity continued into the 1930s. Leechtown is commemorated with a stone cairn, erected on 1 October 1928 by the British Columbia Historical Association. The geographic coordinates of Leechtown are 48°29’00” (latitude) and 123°43’00” (longitude). The National Topographic Series grid map identifier is 92B/5. Leechtown is in the Malahat Land District and the Victoria Mining Division. You can search All Indexes of the BC Archives web site or just the Cartographic Records Catalogue and find a catalogued townsite plan for Leechtown prepared by Edward Stephens in 1864 (CM_A1311).
Leechtown, at the junction of Leech and Sooke Rivers, Vancouver Island, was the site of a minor gold rush in 1864. The original gold rush community existed there for a very short period of time. Gold was first discovered by Peter Leech on 14 July 1864 during the Vancouver Island exploring expedition led by botanist Robert Brown. Gold mining activity continued into the 1930s. Leechtown is commemorated with a stone cairn, erected on 1 October 1928 by the British Columbia Historical Association. The geographic coordinates of Leechtown are 48°29’00” (latitude) and 123°43’00” (longitude). The National Topographic Series grid map identifier is 92B/5. Leechtown is in the Malahat Land District and the Victoria Mining Division. You can search All Indexes of the BC Archives web site or just the Cartographic Records Catalogue and find a catalogued townsite plan for Leechtown prepared by Edward Stephens in 1864 (CM_A1311). Because not all maps and plans are described in our on-line catalogue and s
