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Before Victoria had streets, someone had to measure the land. Join Mike Woodcock for Heritage History Hour as he traces the early surveyors of British Columbia, from Captain Grant’s hapless start in 1849 to Pemberton and Pearse laying out Victoria. Then follow the Royal Engineers, the 49th parallel, the Collins Overland Telegraph and the CPR surveys, and the colourful men who drew the lines we still live by.

Mike Woodcock is the Membership Director with the Victoria Genealogical Society (VGS). He is the Past President of the Victoria Branch of the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada (UELAC) and remains on the Victoria Branch Executive with responsibility for Membership and Outreach. Mike is also a member of the Old Cemeteries Society and the Saanich Pioneer Society. To raise the profile of United Empire Loyalists on Vancouver Island, Mike has developed an online Loyal-List with profiles of over 800 UELAC descendants found here between 1860-1950. In developing this large genealogical resource, Mike made extensive use of the Find a GRAVE website and mastered its many valuable features. Mike has given cemetery tours (Loyalist Descendants, Early B.C. Public Servants, Early Surveyors, Norman Morison Passengers) at Ross Bay Cemetery for the Old Cemetery Society. He is considered the expert on early British Columbian UEL descendants.

IMPORTANT TIME ZONE INFORMATION
This event will be delivered from within the new Pacific Canada Time Zone (PCT) (UTC-07:00) where daylight savings time applies year-round. Please disregard any information to the contrary.
For those living in a different time zone, please calculate your start time carefully so you don't miss the event.