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This is an iron post planted in 1873 by John McLatchie, retrieved by R. W. Clark in 1953, and acquired by the Canada Science and Technology Musum in 1973. The marker's history and significance is immersed in a background of surveying expansion,…

This watercolour is of a survey party in the woods, with a surveyor visible in the tent. Estcourt wrote in a letter that "when once the tent is tried it will always be preferred." Although he did not enjoy the ever-present mosquitoes, he enjoyed his…

Views of the exterior and interior of the boundary marker. Of especial interest are its obelisk-like shape, hollow interior, and inscriptions on all four sides.

This map was published as part of the official narrative of the British boundary commission. British Commissioner James Estcourt wrote the text in 1847, describing where and how they completed the work. Included in the account are detailed reports of…