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Title
Halifax Survey Monument
Description
Source:
HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ MONUMENT MOUNTED ON PLATFORM/ *DIM: GIVEN INCLUDE PLATFORM; MONUMENT L-41.0, W-41.0, H-152.0 CM (NB: HEIGHT DOES NOT INCLUDE AREA BENEATH WOOD BASE)/ MONUMENT REFERRED TO AS WD VI ON PERAMBULATION PLAN OF WAR DEPT. PROPERTY, DATED JUNE 24, 1895. IN 1858 THE LAND WAS GRANTED TO SECRETARY OF WAR (GT.BRITAIN) BY DEPT. OF CROWN LANDS HALIFAX. GRANT SKETCH SHOWS BOUNDARY MONUMENTS. RECOVERED IN 1965 BY D.K. MACDONALD, D.L.S., P.L.S. DURING RETRACEMENT SURVEY OF BOUNDARY OF POINT PLEASANT PARK, HALIFAX. REPLACED WITH CLS STANDARD POST/ SEE ALSO 940446-940450
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Function:
TO MARK & IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC SITE ON THE BOUNDARY LINE OF A SURVEYED AREA
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Significance to Canada:
LAND NOW KNOWN AS POINT PLEASANT PARK SOLD BY HEIRS OF JOHNATHON STERNS TO KING GEORGE III ON JUNE 18, 1798. ON FEB. 8, 1858 THISPROPERTY WAS GRANTED TO SECRETARY OF WAR (GREAT BRITAIN) BY DEPT. OF CROWN LANDS IN HALIFAX. GRANT SKETCH SHOWS MARKERS. PERAMBULATION PLAN OF WAR DEPT. PROPERTY (1895) LISTS STONE AS WD VI.
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Significance to Technology:
INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF MARKER DATING PRE-CONFEDERATION. 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.
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Material:
ROUGH GREY STONE WITH GREY FLECK HAS BEEN CUT & DRESSED, DISPLAY BASE PAINTED WHITE. STONE PILLAR SUPPORTED BY BLACK METAL FRAME
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Markings:
`W [UP-ARROW SYMBOL] O' DEEPLY INCISED ON 3 SIDES OF SQUARED STONE COLUMN; `W [UP-ARROW SYMBOL] D/ No 6' CUT INTO 4TH SIDE. ROW OF REGULARLY SPACED GROOVES CUT ALONG TWO CORNER EDGES OF LOWER HALF OF MONUMENT
HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ MONUMENT MOUNTED ON PLATFORM/ *DIM: GIVEN INCLUDE PLATFORM; MONUMENT L-41.0, W-41.0, H-152.0 CM (NB: HEIGHT DOES NOT INCLUDE AREA BENEATH WOOD BASE)/ MONUMENT REFERRED TO AS WD VI ON PERAMBULATION PLAN OF WAR DEPT. PROPERTY, DATED JUNE 24, 1895. IN 1858 THE LAND WAS GRANTED TO SECRETARY OF WAR (GT.BRITAIN) BY DEPT. OF CROWN LANDS HALIFAX. GRANT SKETCH SHOWS BOUNDARY MONUMENTS. RECOVERED IN 1965 BY D.K. MACDONALD, D.L.S., P.L.S. DURING RETRACEMENT SURVEY OF BOUNDARY OF POINT PLEASANT PARK, HALIFAX. REPLACED WITH CLS STANDARD POST/ SEE ALSO 940446-940450
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Function:
TO MARK & IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC SITE ON THE BOUNDARY LINE OF A SURVEYED AREA
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Significance to Canada:
LAND NOW KNOWN AS POINT PLEASANT PARK SOLD BY HEIRS OF JOHNATHON STERNS TO KING GEORGE III ON JUNE 18, 1798. ON FEB. 8, 1858 THISPROPERTY WAS GRANTED TO SECRETARY OF WAR (GREAT BRITAIN) BY DEPT. OF CROWN LANDS IN HALIFAX. GRANT SKETCH SHOWS MARKERS. PERAMBULATION PLAN OF WAR DEPT. PROPERTY (1895) LISTS STONE AS WD VI.
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Significance to Technology:
INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF MARKER DATING PRE-CONFEDERATION. 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.
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Material:
ROUGH GREY STONE WITH GREY FLECK HAS BEEN CUT & DRESSED, DISPLAY BASE PAINTED WHITE. STONE PILLAR SUPPORTED BY BLACK METAL FRAME
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Markings:
`W [UP-ARROW SYMBOL] O' DEEPLY INCISED ON 3 SIDES OF SQUARED STONE COLUMN; `W [UP-ARROW SYMBOL] D/ No 6' CUT INTO 4TH SIDE. ROW OF REGULARLY SPACED GROOVES CUT ALONG TWO CORNER EDGES OF LOWER HALF OF MONUMENT
Date
C. 1858-1965
Contributor
Artifact Full Report. Museum of Science and Technology.
Rights
Government of Canada Open Government Licence https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
Identifier
1973.0805
Coverage
Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia