Vintage British Columbia Map & Tourist Brochure Lot of 18 – Road Maps, BC Ferries 1984, Victoria & Butchart Gardens, Kamloops, Penticton, Okanagan, 1960s–1984

A British Columbia travel time capsule: eighteen vintage road maps, city maps and tourist brochures, sold as one lot. The provincial coverage is strong — a Tourism British Columbia Road Map with the Lions Gate Bridge lit up at night, a Southwestern British Columbia map, a B.C. Road Map & Parks Guide, a "Super, Natural British Columbia" map, and two Rolph-McNally CANADA-series maps (British Columbia–Alberta, and Vancouver–Victoria–Fraser Valley). Victoria gets three pieces: a "Free Map of Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island" with a Hertz Rent-A-Car and Butchart Gardens cover (an older issue — the EVergreen telephone exchange on the ad gives it away), a pink Butchart Gardens "Visit Victoria" brochure, and the Motel Village map of Victoria. Add a BC Ferries Summer 1984 brochure with its full fare tables (a car and driver to the Gulf Islands cost $14.00), a 1981 Kamloops city street map, two Penticton pieces including the 1984 City Map & Information Guide with Ogopogo on the cover, a Dominion Map street directory for the Central Fraser Valley, a "Beautiful British Columbia" events brochure, and three pieces of pure roadside nostalgia — a Hope KOA campground brochure, Glacier Raft Company's 1984 "White Water!" brochure from Radium Hot Springs, and Wild 'n' Wet water slide park in Westbank. A ready-made lot for a B.C. collector or a vintage travel display.

Details

1. Tourism British Columbia — Road Map; Lions Gate Bridge at night cover photo; back lists B.C. tourist information centres
2. Tourism British Columbia — Southwestern British Columbia Map; "For Free Distribution Only"; woman reading a map by a lake cover
3. British Columbia — Road Map & Parks Guide; mountain highway cover photo
4. "Super, Natural British Columbia" — provincial road map; lake and canoe cover photo
5. Rolph-McNally — CANADA series map: British Columbia / Alberta; mountain lake cover; metric conversion panel on the back
6. Rolph-McNally — CANADA series map: Vancouver / Victoria / Fraser Valley
7. Dominion Map Limited, Vancouver — Sectional Map and Street Directory of the Central Fraser Valley: Matsqui, Abbotsford and Mission, including insets of the business areas; priced $1.50 on the cover; back prints Dominion Map's wall map and pocket map price list
8. BC Ferries — Summer 1984 brochure; Mainland–Vancouver Island–Sunshine Coast and Gulf Islands routes with full fare tables (Mainland–Gulf Islands: adult $3.00, car and driver $14.00)
9. Free Map of Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island — "Visit the World Famous Butchart Gardens — Open Every Day of the Year"; other side carries Hertz Rent-A-Car, 901 Douglas St., Victoria advertising, Phone EV 6-4411, plus Imperial Esso Service, Douglas & Broughton — the telephone exchange style dates this as the oldest piece in the lot
10. Victoria brochure — "See The World Famous Butchart Gardens," pink hydrangea cover art; inside promotes the Gardens' Residence restaurant luncheons and afternoon teas, the Seed House Souvenir Shop, and "How To Get There" directions with map
11. The Map of Victoria — Motel Village; "Over 1,000 Rooms, Dining/Attractions," Motel Village, P.O. Box 4005, Postal Station "A", Victoria V8X 3X4; marked FREE
12. Kamloops City Street Map — Victoria Street Mall photo cover, priced 75 cents; Copyright 1981, Kamloops Chamber of Commerce
13. Penticton — city map with the "Penticton" name-origin story on the cover; back panel is a visitor checklist ("Since arriving in Penticton… lay on the beach… saw the old S.S. Sicamous… ate plenty of cherries, peaches…")
14. Penticton — 1984 City Map & Information Guide; Penticton Chamber of Commerce, 185 Lakeshore Drive; Ogopogo-style lake creature and sternwheeler cover art; local business advertising inside (Block Bros. Realty, Peach Tree Mall, Woolco, Safeway)
15. "For a change of pace come to Beautiful British Columbia, Canada" — tourism brochure with a Calendar of Events panel (B.C. Government Travel Bureau)
16. Hope KOA Kampground Canada — Hope, B.C. brochure; hosts Margaret and Gerry DeVries; back lists campground amenities and a distance table to B.C. points
17. Glacier Raft Company — "White Water!" brochure, '84; Golden / Radium Hot Springs, B.C.; Toby Creek, Kootenay and Thompson River trips and Kicking Horse River (summer), Box 219, Radium Hot Springs
18. Wild 'n' Wet — "Okanagan's #1 Water Slide Park," Westbank, B.C.; "The Wild Slide" cover; back describes the park, campground and Okanagan Lake setting, (604) 768-5141 in season
    Dates: several pieces are dated on their face — Kamloops 1981, Penticton 1984, BC Ferries Summer 1984, Glacier Raft '84; the Victoria free map is an earlier issue; the balance are the same late-1970s to mid-1980s period by design and content
    Quantity: 18 pieces (road maps, city maps and tourist brochures)
    Included: All 18 pieces shown (covers and inside/back panels pictured)

Condition
Good vintage condition overall. All pieces are complete and legible with strong cover art and colour. Expect normal fold-line wear and softening, light edge and corner wear, and light toning on some panels, consistent with age and use as travel maps. Please review all photos for the exact condition of each piece.

Pickup and Shipping Information
Local pickup in Saskatoon by arrangement — cash accepted.
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Pacific Heights, Saskatoon, SK