Marker part, survey

Marker part, survey

Exploration and Survey

Landmarks

EXAMPLE OF BEARING TREE MARKED AS A WITNESS MONUMENT, REFERENCING A SECTION CORNER. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN1952 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.

TO REFERENCE & MARK A PRECISE SURVEYED LOCATION WHEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE OR IMPRACTICAL TO PLANT A MARKER ON THE SITE.

1881 MANUAL OF SURVEYS (J.S. DENNIS) ISSUED TO DLS SURVEYORS ALLOWED FOR ERRECTION OF A WITNESS MOUND NEAR BY THE TRUE CORNER OF A SURVEYED SITE. BEARING TREES WERE ALSO PERMITTED AS WITNESS MARKERS, WHERE PRACTICAL SURVEYOR'S FIELD BOOK ENTRY FOR SUCH A WITNESS MONUMENT WOULD NOTE BEARING & DISTANCE OF SITE OF TRUE CORNER FROM WITNESS MARKER (REF.2 P.14).

*SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ ORIGINALLY MOUNTED ON DISPLAY BOARD, REMOVED BY NMST STAFF 1994.02.00/ 16-INCH FIR TREE BLAZED & INSCRIBED BY H.N.CLAQUE, B.C.L.S. IN 1921/ THIS WITNESS TREE MARKED SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 17, RANGE 2, COWICHAN DISTRICT, BC IN COWICHAN INDIAN RESERVE NO.1/ THIS SLAB OF SUBSEQUENT GROWTH SHOWS INVERSE OF ORIGINAL INSCRIPTION/ REMOVED BY I.M.D.FOX IN 1959/ SEE ALSO 940446-940450/

1921-1959

1921

1959

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

1973.0734

British Columbia

COWICHAN DISTRICT, IN COWICHAN INDIAN RESERVE NO.1