International boundary marker

International boundary marker

Exploration and Survey

Landmarks

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 BOUNDARY LINE AT ASTRONOMICAL STATION NEAR RICHELIE RIVER (P.44)

TO IDENTIFY A RECOGNIZED & ACCECPTED SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY

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/ POST STANDS ON SQUARE WOOD BASE/ *DIM: GIVEN INCLUDE BASE; MONUMENT L-25.0, W-25.0, H-182.5 CM/ SEE 2ND INT'L BOUTNDAY MARKER-NMST/ TYPE SET 1843-1845 TO REPLACE CEDAR POSTS SET IN 1817. THEY WERE PLACED TO MARK THE BOUNDARY FROM THE SOURCE OF THE ST. CROIX RIVER TO THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. LT.COL. J.B. ESTCOURT WAS APPOINTED COMISSIONER BY QUEEN VICTORIA. ALBERT SMITH APPOINTED US COMMISIONER BY PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER UNDER TREATY OF AUG.9, 1842. MONUMENT PRESENTED TO EMR HMC BY A.F. LAMBERT, D.L.S., D.T.S., I.B.C./ SEE 940446-450

C.1843

1843

1843

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1973.0767

Quebec

QUEBEC & NEW YORK, USA BOUNDARY