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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.

PLACED AT NO.4 CORNER OF LOT 12, GROUP 10 AT CARMACKS, YUKON BY R.J. JEPHSON, D.L.S. IN 1903 (REF.1, P.19) THIS MARKER IS PART OF CANADIAN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1954 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S., S.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YEARS OF CANADIAN…

TYPE SAMPLE OF A BURIED 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 EVERYPROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.

TOWNSITE MARKER FROM DAWSON, YK. PLACED IN 1901/ ORIGINAL SURVEY OF DAWSON TOWNSITE CONDUCTED IN 1897

IN MARCH, 1762 A SURVEY OF THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF THE CAUGHNAWAGA INDIAN RESERVE WAS ORDERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MAJOR-GENERAL GAGE AFTER THE POSITION OF THE BOUNDARY HAD BEEN DECIDED ON BY A MILITARY COURT OF FIELD OFFICERS IN MONTREAL. THOMAS GAGE…

This plan (9060 CLSR YT) represents the limits of the Dawson and Klondike Townsites which were surveyed by A.J. McPherson. It is the full scan of the original map.

This image points out to the exact location of the Wooden Post on the Klondike Townsite Map. The coordinates read 80º48’30”.

It is important to note that early surveying coordinates or bearings were always in reference to another previous bearing.…

This is a photograph of packers ascending the Chilkoot Pass. This is part of the souvenir viewbook "Souvenir of Alaska and Yukon Territory" illustrated by Eric A. Hegg

This is a page from a field book that belonged to A. J. McPherson. The page describes what He and his team did on Tuesday August 16, 1901.Field books were essential working documents for the early surveyors. In them, they recorded their findings and…

This image provides us with a closer view of the engraved letters in the wooden post: KLONDIKE