Ground Water Mapping and Assessment in British Columbia
Appendix B
TABLE B2 - SUMMARY OF RELEVANT MAP TYPES
Topography (Base Maps)
SCALE DESCRIPTION AVAILABILITY and AGENCY
1:1,000,000
Water features, contours, relief, culture, roads, railways etc.
Entire province
GSC Maps, EMPR
100 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C., 666-0271
1:500,000
Water features, contours, relief, culture, roads, railways etc.
Entire province
Maps-B.C.
1802 Douglas Street
Victoria, B.C., 387-1441
1:250,000 (digital)
Water features, contours, relief, culture, roads, railways etc. as well as UTM Grid.
Coverage available for entire province. Map sheets 92G, 92H, 92I and 92J available in ARCINFO format.
Entire province
GSC Maps, EMPR as above
1:100,000
Includes drainage relief, culture, and cadastral features and land status. Partial coverage of province only.
Portions of province only.
Maps-B.C.
as above
(see Maps-B.C. Catalogue)
1:50,000 (digital)
Water features, contours, relief, culture, roads, railways etc. as well as UTM Grid.
Available in ARCINFO format.
Entire province
GSC Maps, EMPR
as above
1:20,000 (digital)
Terrain Resource Information Management (T.R.I.M.) include seperate layers displaying man-made features, cultural, drainage, and contours.
To date, roughly one third of province mapped with TRIM
Maps-B.C.
as above
Larger than 1:20,000
There are some 7,500 large scale topographic maps available with scales ranging 1:2,500 to 1:5,000. These maps show planimetric information, drainage, culture, and contour lines.
Portions of province only.
Maps-B.C.
as above
Surficial Geology
SCALE DESCRIPTION AVAILABILITY and AGENCY
Varies but mostly 1:50,000
Much of the province's surficial geology has been mapped by various agencies such as GSC, MoE, MOTH, EMPR, Agriculture Canada. All available mapping is tabulated in publication entitled "Surficial Geology Map Index of British Columbia" (January, 1992). Available from Crown Publications (OF 1992-13).
Portions of Province
MOTH, EMPR, MoE, BC Hydro MOF
Soils
SCALE DESCRIPTION AVAILABILITY and AGENCY
1:50,000 (digital)
Provide data on parent material, soil drainage, texture, slope, and other related data for near surface soils. Available soils maps tabulated in "Surficial Geology Map Index of British Columbia" (as above), and "Index of Soil Surveys in British Columbia" (1988), by Agriculture Canada. There are some 31 soils maps in digital format.
Portions of province only.
Agriculture Canada, Maps-B.C., MoE
Terrain
SCALE DESCRIPTION AVAILABILITY and AGENCY
1:50,000
Provide information about the distribution and characteristics of surficial materials, landforms, and geologic processes. These maps are not listed in Surficial Geology Map Index of British Columbia.
Portions of province only - see Maps B.C. catalogue
Maps-B.C. as above
Bedrock Geology
SCALE DESCRIPTION AVAILABILITY and AGENCY
1:250,000 (digital)
The GSC are near completion of digitizing exposed bedrock geology mapping for the entire province at 1:250,000 scale; these files will be distributed as Open File works. Index maps showing locations where bedrock mapping has been carried out are available from the GSC. However, these indices are not up to date, and one should also check the information files at the GSC library.
Entire province
GSC Maps, EMPR as above
Ground Water Maps
SCALE DESCRIPTION AVAILABILITY and AGENCY
Varies
Unpublished ground water maps for Wood Lake area in Okanagan were prepared by the Province. Mapping of Fraser Valley published by NHRI (Halstead 1986). Most maps included in NTS Catalogue maintained by MoE - Ground Water Section. Detailed mapping also done for south Nanaimo area during preparation of water management plan for the Nanaimo/Oyster River area. The Ground Water Section has also prepared Regional Ground Water Potential Maps for east coast of Vancouver Island at 1:20,000 scale. These maps show potential unconsolidated unconfined aquifers, developed unconsolidated aquifers, bedrock aquifers, low permeability unconsolidated deposits, and locations for selected wells with yields in excess of 1 L/s.
Salmon River Valley, Ardmore, Terrace, Kalamalka Lake Basin, Fraser Valley, east coast Vancouver Island
MoE
Water, Air and Climate Change Branch
Ground Water Section
3rd Floor, 2975 Jutland Road
Victoria, B.C. 387-9932
NHRI - Environment Canada
224 West Esplanade,
North Vancouver, B.C.
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