An agent of change: William Drewry and land surveying in British Columbia, 1887-1929

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dc.contributor.authorCameron, Darby
dc.contributor.supervisorRajala, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-26T15:27:16Z
dc.date.available2009-08-26T15:27:16Z
dc.date.copyright2009en
dc.date.issued2009-08-26T15:27:16Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Historyen
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractIn 1887, following the completion of the CPR to the Pacific, William Stewart Drewry took part in the Topographical Survey of Canada's first experiment with photographic surveying, which he applied to the Rocky Mountain Railway Belt. He then surveyed the rich mining districts of BC during the Kootenay hardrock mining boom (1893-1909). In 1909, he became BC's first and only Chief Water Commissioner and, in 1911, he returned to surveying as BC's Inspector of Surveys. From 1913 until his retirement in 1929, he surveyed for government and in private practice. Throughout his career, Drewry operated between two land systems: first, a system based on customary rights and local obligations; and, second, a system based on private property and market exchange. Drewry implemented the latter capitalist system, attempting to empower the settlement society, which had the effect of ensuring corporate dominance and, to Drewry's dismay, monopolization of the BC landscape.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1608
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectsurveyen
dc.subjectsurveyoren
dc.subjectmappingen
dc.subjectcartographyen
dc.subjecttopographicalen
dc.subjectphotogrammetryen
dc.subjectphoto-topographyen
dc.subjectRocky Mountainen
dc.subjectRailway Belten
dc.subjectKootenayen
dc.subjecthardrock miningen
dc.subjectChief Water Commissioneren
dc.subjectCanadian Pacific Railwayen
dc.subjectCOMINCOen
dc.subjectgriden
dc.subjectSelkirk Mountainsen
dc.subjectSilver Lead Mines Associationen
dc.subjectLand Surveying Associationen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciencesen
dc.titleAn agent of change: William Drewry and land surveying in British Columbia, 1887-1929en
dc.typeThesisen

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