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 (REF.2)

TO DEFINE THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR. THIS POST IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN MADE LOCALLY FOR MR. PATTEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SURVEY INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED TO HIM. (REF.1 P.60) 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 CDN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.

*SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENT COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ POST MOUNTED ON WOOD DISPLAY BOARD/ *DIM: GIVEN INCLUDE BOARD; POST L-90.0, W-3.5, H-3.5 CM/ USED BY T.J. PATTEN, O.L.S. IN 1915 DURING HIS SURVEYS IN WEST BAY INDIAN RESERVE NO.22, ON MANITOULIN ISLAND, ONT. THIS TYPE OF POST WAS MADE LOCALLY FOR MR. PATTEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SURVEY INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED TO HIM. IT WAS FOUND BY W.J. QUINSEY, O.L.S. IN 1962 DURING RESURVEYS OF RESERVE/ SEE ALSO
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1915

1962

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1973.0815

Ontario

MANITOULIN ISLAND, WEST BAY INDIAN RESERVE NO.22