Marker part, survey

Marker part, survey

Exploration and Survey

Deaccessioned

PLACED AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 8, BLOCK 21 AT WHITEHORSE, YUKON BY H.G. DICKSON, D.L.S. IN 1904

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

WOOD POSTS WERE USED EXTENSIVELY AS SURVEY MARKERS UNTIL C.1908. TOP WAS POINTED TO SHED WATER, RETARDING DECAY. TOWNSHIP & SECTION CORNERS WERE ROUTINELY MARKED BY WOOD POSTS UNTIL 1882, WHEN IRON TUBES\POSTS WEREINTRODUCED. WHERE AVAILABLE, WOOD WAS ALSO USED TO MARK QUARTER-SECTION CORNERS (REF.1 P.12, REF.2 P.22)

*SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ POINT MOUNTED ON DISPLAY BOARD/ *DIM: GIVEN INCLUDE BOARD; POINT L-32.0, W-6.51, H-4.8 CM/ POST PLACED AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 8, BLOCK 21 AT WHITEHORSE, YUKON BY H.G. DICKSON, D.L.S. IN 1904. REPLACED BY OLD-PATTERN IRON POST IN 1956 BY JOHN MOTHERWELL, D.L.S./ DEACCESSIONED: JUN 16 1995 [F 6412-111]/ SEE ALSO 940446-0450

1904-1956

1904

1956

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1973.0689

Yukon Territories

WHITEHORSE"