Marker, survey

Marker, survey

Exploration and Survey

Landmarks

FIRST SURVEY OF CANADIAN PRATRIES UNDER DOMINION LANDS SYSTEM BEGAN IN 1869. THIS MARKER IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY IRON TOWNSHIP MARKER, PLACED BY J. MCLATCHIE, D.L.S. IN 1873. MCLATCHIE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THE SECOND BASE LINE SOUTH OF THE THIRD MERIDIAN (1881) AND SURVEYED EXTENSIVELY IN THE PRAIRIES.

TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR

TOWNSHIP & SECTION CORNERS WERE ROUTINELY MARKED BY WOOD POSTS UNTIL 1882, WHEN IRON TUBES OR POSTS WERE INTRODUCED. THIS IRONTOWNSHIP MARKER PREDATES THIS CHANGE BY ALMOST 10 YEARS. IT WAS PLANTED BY D.L.S. MCLATCHIE WHO, IN 1888, LOBBYED TO HAVE IRON POSTS & MOUNDS USED AT ALL CORNERS IN WOODED COUNTRY (REF.1 P.11)

*SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ PLACED AT NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 16, RANGE 19, WEST OF PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ON EAST BOUNDARY OF ROLLING RIVER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 67, MB BY J.MCLATCHIE, D.L.S. IN 1873. REPLACED BY STANDARD POST IN CONCRETE IN 1953 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S./ SEE ALSO 940446-940450

1873-1953

1873

1953

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

1973.0694

Manitoba

ROLLING RIVER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 67"