Dublin Core
Title
Marker, survey
Subject
Exploration and Survey
Landmarks
Description
ORIGINAL RIVER LOTS ALONG RED & ASSINIBOINE RIVERS WERE LAID OUT BY HUDSON BAY CO. SURVEYORS AND OCCUPIED BY METIS-RIEL REBELLION OF 1869-70 TRIGGERED ON LARGE MEASURE BY METIS SEARS OF GOV'T SURVEYORS WORKING ON SURVEY OF PRINCIPALMERIDIAN & RED-RIVER AREA LANDS (REF.2,PP.1-7)
TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR.
TYPE SAMPLE OF RIVER LOT BOUNDARY MARKER IN USE IN 1930. 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/ ORIGINALLY MOUNTED ON DISPLAY BOARD, REMOVED BY NMST 1994.02.00/ POST PLACED ON BOUNDARY BETWEEN LOTS 51 &52 BY H.E.BERESFORD, D.L.S. M.L.S. IN 1930 DURING HIS RESTORATION SURVEY OF THE RIVER LOTS ALONG THE ASSINIBOINE RIVER IN THE PARISH OF PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MB/ REPLACED BY STANDARD C.L.S. POST IN CONCRETE IN 1961 BY D.B. GILMORE, M.L.S./ SEE ALSO 940446-940450
Date
1930-1961
1930
1961
Rights
Government of Canada Open Government Licence https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
Identifier
1973.0725
Coverage
Manitoba
PARISH OF PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE"