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Fire Insurance Maps - 1903

Fire Insurance Plan of Victoria, BC, created by civil engineer Charles E. Goad in 1903, revised to 1909 (Royal BC Museum, BC Archives). These maps have been cropped for display. For more detail, click on individual maps.

More buildings were constructed within block 30 between Fisgard and Cormorant Streets. A new Chinese hospital was located in the interior of block 31. West of the Methodist Mission on Fisgard Street was a Japanese Boarding House. On Government Street north of Herald Street, the Lim Bang Building was under construction. Fire Insurance Plans for Victoria, BC, 1903, revised to 1909 (Royal BC Museum, BC Archives).

Page 10. More buildings were constructed within block 30 between Fisgard and Cormorant Streets. A new Chinese hospital was located in the interior of block 31. West of the Methodist Mission on Fisgard Street was a Japanese Boarding House. On Government Street north of Herald Street, the Lim Bang Building was under construction. Fire Insurance Plans for Victoria, BC, 1903, revised to 1909 (Royal BC Museum, BC Archives).

The Chinese Public School, under construction from 1908, was located in block 32. An opium factory operated to the west, behind the Chinese Empire Reform Association building on Government Street (constructed in 1905). This factory would have had to close when the manufacture of opium was made illegal in Canada in 1908. Across Fisgard Street from the school was the second headquarters of the Chinese Freemasons in Victoria. Fire Insurance Plans for Victoria, BC, 1903, revised to 1909 (Royal BC Museum, BC Archives).

Page 11. The Chinese Public School, under construction from 1908, was located in block 32. An opium factory operated to the west, behind the Chinese Empire Reform Association building on Government Street (constructed in 1905). This factory would have had to close when the manufacture of opium was made illegal in Canada in 1908. Across Fisgard Street from the school was the second headquarters of the Chinese Freemasons in Victoria. Fire Insurance Plans for Victoria, BC, 1903, revised to 1909 (Royal BC Museum, BC Archives).