Marker, survey

Marker, survey

Exploration and Survey

Landmarks

EXAMPLE OF A MARKER FROM A SURVEY SITE WHICH COMBINED A BURIED REFERENCE MARKER & A VISIBLE STONE MARKER. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S.,S.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YRS. OF CANADIAN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.

WHEN RESURVEYING A SITE, SURVEYORS OFTEN WOULD, AFTER ESTABLISHING THE POSITION OF A NEW MARKER, DIG A HOLE TWO FEET DEEP, THROW IN SOME BROKEN CROCKERY OR GLASS, THEN PLANT POST ABOVE. IF THE POST WAS REMOVED OR DAMAGED THE POSTITION COULD BE FOUND AGAIN BY DIGGING (REF.2 P.41)

NO. BREAKDOWN: .1 STONE; .2-.20 GLAZED POTTERY SHARDS/ *SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENTS CTTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ *DIM: GIVEN REFER TO .1 & INCLUDE DISPLAY BOARD; FOR LIST OF DIM. SEE SUPP. INFO./ PLACED ON THE BOUNDARY OF CAUGHNAWAGA INDIAN RESERVE AT NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 26 OF PARISH OF ST. ISIDORE, PQ BY W. MCLEA WALBANK, P.L.S., 1880. DELFT PLANTED UNDER STONE POST. REPLACED BY STANDARD POST (PQ) BY ERNEST GOHIER, A.G. IN 1937. STONE & DELFT RECOVERED BY G.R. BOLDUC, QLS IN 1957. TONE & DELFT BROUGHT TO OTTAWA IN 1960 BY A.B. SUNTER, D.L.S. (REF.1,P.36)/ SEE ALSO 940446-940450

1880-1937

1880

1937

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1973.0743

Quebec

CAUGHNAWAGA INDIAN RESERVE"