Hub, station

Hub, station

Exploration and Survey

Landmarks

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 CREEK (REF.1 P42)

SMALL WOODEN STAKE DRIVEN TO MARK A SPECIFIC SITE ALONG A SURVEY LINE/ A STATION HUB PROBABLY MARKS A SITE DETERMINED BY A TRANSIT READING BETWEEN TWO KNOWN POINTS, SUCH AS MOUNTAIN PEAKS OR BODIES OF WATER

EXAMPLE OF A STATION HUB/ 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.

*SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ HUB THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PLACED BY LEWIS BOLTON, D.L.S. IN 1898 TO MARK STATION 42 DURING ORIGINAL SURVEY OF KLONDIKE GOVERNMENT CONCESSION (LATER KNOWN AS ANDERSON CONCESSION). HUB RECOVERED BY T.H. HOLT, D.L.S. IN 1966 DURING A SPECIAL SURVEY OF THE CONCESSION, AND WAS REPLACED BY AN OLD-PATTERN IRON POST. OUT OF A TOTAL 103 HUBS PLACED BY BOLTON, 9 WERE FOUND. THEY WERE IN AREAS UNDISTURBED BY GOLD MINING & ALL WERE UPRIGHT, IN PERMAFROST, UNDER MOSS/ SEE ALSO 940446-940450

1898

1898

1898

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1973.076

Yukon Territories

KLONDIKE GOV'T CONCESSION"