Trutch, Joseph William. Map of British Columbia to the 56th Parallel North Latitude, 1871
University of Victoria
Trutch, Joseph William. Map of British Columbia to the 56th Parallel North Latitude, 1871 (detail)
University of Victoria
Following an apprenticeship to civil engineer John Rennie, he travelled to California after hearing news of the California Gold Rush of 1849. He arrived in British Columbia in 1859, following the Fraser River gold rush of 1858. He found employment by working various government contracts as a surveyor, and in 1862 was contracted to construct a portion of the Cariboo Road between Chapmans Bar and Boston Bar along the canyon of the Fraser River. Tolls collected from a suspension bridge along the road, along with prudent land acquisitions, made Trutch a wealthy man.
Albreda Lake
Athabasca Pass
Athabasca River
Boat Encampment
Mount Brown
Canoe River
Cariboo Mountains
Columbia River
Committee Punch Bowl
Cowdung Lake
Cranberry Lake
Fraser River
Grand Fork [“Grand Fork of Fraser R.”]
Grand Forks River
Henry House
Mount Hooker
Jasper House
Leather Pass
Miette River
Moose Lake
Moose River
North Thompson River
Fraser River North Fork
Peace River
Rau’ Shuswap
Small Creek
Smoky River
Snake Indian River
South Fork Fraser River
Thompson River
Tête Jaune Cache
Whirlpool River
Yellowhead Pass
- Trutch, Joseph William [1826–1904]. Map of British Columbia to the 56th Parallel North Latitude. Victoria, B.C.: Lands and Works Office, 1871. University of Victoria
- Wikipedia. Joseph Trutch