Poster View of Victoria 1860 by H.O. Tiedemann

This panoramic view, from a rise above the Songhees settlement, shows First Nations homes, the Inner Harbour and the village that was overtaking the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Fort Victoria. Demolition of the Fort commenced shortly afterwards and was complete in 1864.

Original in RBCM/BC Archives, PDP1538.

View of Victoria, Vancouver Island drawn by H.O. Tiedemann, T. Picken Lith. London. Published by Day & Son Lithrs to the Queen, June 13^th, 1860. Chromolithograph (reprinted in 1981) after a drawing by Hermann Otto Tiedemann (1821-1891) surveyor, explorer, civil engineer and architect.