Marker part, survey

Marker part, survey

Exploration and Survey

Landmarks

W.F. ROBERTS, N.B.L.S. SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF SURVEYING. FROM 1947-56 HE WAS IN CHARGE OF ALL SURVEY PARTIES FOR DEPT. OFLANDS & MINES. HE WAS DRIVING FORCE BEHIND ASS'N OF NB LAND SURVEYORS, SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF ORGANIZING BODY & WAS FIRST PRESIDENT AFTER INCORPORATION. (REF.2 P.116-228)

DISTINGUISHING MARK MADE ON STANDING TREE BY A SURVEY PARTY TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC SITE.

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/ BLAZE MOUNTED ON WOODEN DISPLAY BOARD/ *DIM: GIVEN INCLUDE BOARD; BLAZE L-110.0, W-30.0, H-11.0 CM/ PORTION OF BEARING TREE BLAZED IN 1947 BY W.F. ROBERTS, N.B.L.S. DURING THE SURVEY OF THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF FUNDY NATIONAL PARK, NB. ALSO FOUND AT THE CORNER WAS A WOODEN POST PLACED AT THE SAME TIME BY THE SAME SURVEYOR. BLAZE RECOVERED BY 1963 BY R.O. SEMPER, D.L.S., N.B.L.S. WHO REPLACED THE WOODEN POST WITH C.L.S. STANDARD POST & STONE MOUND/ SEE ALSO
940446-940450

1947-1963

1947

1963

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1973.0771

New Brunswick

FUNDY NATIONAL PARK"