Marker, survey

Marker, survey

Exploration and Survey

Landmarks

IN 1836 INDIAN TITLE TO MANITOULIN ISLAND WAS SURRENDERED TO THE CROWN

IN 1862 AN AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED CREATING A RESERVE FOR OTTAWA, CHIPPEWA, & OTHER INDIANS THERE. IN 1877 GEORGE B. ABREY D.L.S. PERFORMED THE MANITOULIN ISLAND RESERVE SURVEY, ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECORDED POST-CONFEDERATION RESERVE SURVEYS

TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR. ON THIS SURVEY THE MARKERS DEFINED STREET LIMIT INTERSECTIONS & AT EACH ANGLE IN STREET LINE. POST DESIGN CONSISTED OF 3-FT. LENGTH OF 5/8 INCH ROUND IRON, SQUARED FOR 6 INCHES AT TOP END, AND HAVING A COLLAR 1/4-INCH THICK WELDED ON NEAR LOWER END. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YRS OF CDN. SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.

*SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ ORIGINALLY POST MOUNTED WITH MARKER 730789 ON DISPLAY BOARD, REMOVED BY NMST STAFF 1994.02.00/ *TYPE: INTERSECTION OR STREET LINE ANGLE/ SEE ALSO 730815/ IRON POST PLACED NEAR CEDAR POST 730789 MARKING THE CORNER OF LOT 111, WEST BAY VILLAGE, WEST BAY INDIAN RESERVE NO.22, MANITOULIN ISLAND, ON. BY T.J. PATTEN, O.L.S. ON NOV.25, 1918./ IRON POSTS WERE PLANTED BESIDE THE CEDAR POSTS AT ALL
STREET LIMIT INTERSECTIONS & AT EACH ANGLE IN STREET LINE (REF.1, P.51)/ SEE ALSO 940446-940450/

1916

1963

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

1973.079

Ontario

WEST BAY VILLAGE, WEST BAY INDIAN RESERVE NO.22, MANITOULIN ISLAND