After 1865, there was a concerted effort to chart and map the coastlines from South America to the tip of North America.

In a letter written in 1865 by Mohun, a land surveyor for the Crown and the Dominion of Canada, he mentioned Texada Island. In this letter, he noted that there were unsurveyed reserves and that the Indigenous people had destroyed the timber through fires.

H.H. Bancroft & Company’s map of the Pacific States, compiled by William Henry King in 1867, included local place names such as Malaspina Strait, Texada Island, Hardwood Island, and Savary Island. However, it did not feature any lakes or rivers, including Powell river.

Subsequently, in 1868, the U.S. Coast Guard conducted surveys of the American coastline and published their own chart that named Texada Island, Malaspina Strait, and Grief Point. Like the previous map, this chart also omitted any references to local lakes or rivers. The U.S. continued its surveying efforts and produced an index map based on the Admiralty Charts of Colonial Surveys completed under the U.S. Survey’s Ordinance Survey Office by Colonel Sir Henry James in 1869. This chart included additional local names such as Scotch Fir Point, Marshall Point, Hurtado Point, and Sarah Point, alongside other well-known place names.

After 1869, significant changes began to unfold in Canada, with discussions commencing about British Columbia joining the Dominion. Vancouver Island was also in talks to join. By the 1870s, these discussions were turning into a reality, with new governments being proposed and potential new capitals for British Columbia being considered. This period played a crucial role in shaping the future of what is now Powell River, qathet, and the Tla’amin Nation.