Marker, survey

Marker, survey

Exploration and Survey

Landmarks

JOHN L. POWER O'HANLY CONSIDERED PIONEER IN SURVEYING OF IND. RESERVES. HIS SURVEY OF THIS RESERVE ORIGINALLY MET WITH OPPOSITION FROM NATIVES, WHO REJECTED SITE AND ALLOTMENT OF 160 ACRES FOR EACH FAMILY OF FIVE AS INADEQUATE. O'HANLEY COMPLETED BOUNDARY SURVEYOF RESERVE AUG.17, 1877 (REF.2 P.281)

TO IDENTIFY PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERIMINED BY SURVEYOR

SPRUCE POST, TYPICAL OF PERIOD IN WHICH IT WAS PLANTED, IS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL PRESERVED DUE TO CONTINUOUSLY WET GROUND CONDITIONS IN WHICH IT WAS PLACED. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YRS. OF CDN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.

*SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ POST MOUNTED ON DISPLAY BOARD/ *DIM: GIVEN INCLUDE BOARD; POST L-156.0, W-12.0, H-11.0 CM/ SPRUCE POST PLACED BY J.L.P. O'HANLY, D.L.S. JUL. 30, 1877 IN ORIGINAL SURVEY OF BERENS RIVER INDIAN RESERVE NO.13, MB. MARKING N.E. CORNER OF NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF RESERVE. RECOVERED IN AUG. 1963 BY R.O. VASSIL, D.L.S., M.L.S. DURING RESURVEY OF RESERVE/ SEE ALSO 940446-0450/

1877-1963

1877

1963

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1973.0796

Manitoba

BERENS RIVER INDIAN RESERVE NO.13"