Marker part, survey

Marker part, survey

Exploration and Survey

Landmarks

IN NS & NB IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE TO LEAVE TREES STANDING, SHOULD THEY BE FOUND ON A BOUNDARY LINE, & TO BLAZE THEM ON BOTH SIDES WHERE THE LINE HIT THE TREE. THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THESE TREESWERE 3 HACKS THE SURVEYOR MADE UPWARDS INTO EACH BLAZE WITH AN AXE, 2-3 INCHES APART. THESE TREES HELPED VERIFY LINE.

SERVED AS REFERENCE POINT FOR SURVEYORS ESTABLISHING STRAIGHT LINES WITH THE AID OF A COMPASS. BLAZED, MARKED & LEFT STANDING, CENTRE TREES ALSO PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF THE SURVEY LINE (REF.1, P.31)

INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF SURVEY METHODS & MARKERS FROM LATE 1800S- EARLY 1900S IN NOVA SCOTIA & NEW BRUNSWICK. SURVEYORS OF THAT PERIOD RAN "STRAIGHT" LINES BY MEANS OF A COMPASS. THESE CENTER TREES (ALSO KNOWN AS LINE OR COMPASS TREES) PROVIDED REFERENCE POINTS FOR SURVEYORS & PROVIDED LASTING EVIDENCE OF LINE

*SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ TREE TRUNK SECTION MOUNTED UPRIGHT ON CIRCULAR BASE/ *DIM: GIVEN INCLUDE BASE; MARKER H-125.0, L-23.0, W-21.0 CM/ TREE MARKED DURING COMPASS SURVEY ON EASTERLY BOUNDARY OF BIG HOLE TRACT INDIAN RESERVE NO.8, NB BY W.E. FISH, DEPUTY LAND SURVEYOR IN 1915 & BLAZED & PAINTED BY G.L. MILLER, DEPUTY LAND SURVEYOR IN 1923./ TREE CUT IN 1959 BY R.O. SEMPER, D.L.S. & N.D. MCLELLAN, N.B.L.S./ SEE
ALSO 940446-0450

1915-1959

1915

1959

Government of Canada Open Government Licence https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

1973.0726

New Brunswick

BIG HOLE TRACT INDIAN RESERVE NO.8"