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This is a surveying level produced by James Foster, an instrument maker based in Toronto, Canada. The apparatus also includes a wooden tripod, upon which the level was placed when taking measurements. This artifact was in the possession of John…

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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…

THE SURVEY OF THE KLONDIKE GOV'T CONCESSION BY LEWIS BOLTON WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST SURVEY PERFORMED INTHE HUNKER VALLEY. HUNKER VALLEY WAS FAMOUS DURING THE GOLD RUSH OF 1898, WHEN THOUSANDS CAME TO THE KLONDIKE TO PAN FOR GOLD ALONG HUNKER…

PLACED ON SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF LOT 15 GROUP 6 AT CARCROSS, YUKON BY H.G. DICKSON, D.L.S. IN 1905/ PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S., S.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPACE OVER 200 YRS OF CANADIAN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS…

Chinese Diagnostic Doll, found in the Touch Medicine section of the Ingenium Canada's Museums of Science and Technology. On loan from the Osler History of Medicine Library at the McGill University in Montreal (Canada).

ONE OF MONUMENTSPLACED TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY, FROM THE SOURCE OF THE ST. CROIX RIVER TO THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. THE POSTS ARE CAST IRON, & BEAR THE NAMES OF THE COMMISSIONERS, THE TREATY TITLE & DATE. A SINGLE STONE MONUMENT MARKED…

This photo of Estcourt was taken in 1855 during the Crimean War. He died of cholera that same year.

This photo of Estcourt was taken in 1855 during the Crimean War. He died of cholera that same year.