Dublin Core
Title
Marker, survey
Subject
Exploration and Survey
Landmarks
Description
TYPE SAMPLE OF A BURIED MARKER. 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 EVERYPROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.
TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR
EXAMPLE OF A SELDOM-USED, NECESSITY & DRIVEN METHOD OF MARKING A GIVEN SURVEY SITE. PRESUMABLY THE SURVEYOR CONSIDERED STANDARD POST OR MOUND MARKERS TO BE IMPRACTICAL AND RESORTED TO BURYNG THESE PIECES OF GLASS TO ESTABLISH THE QUARTER SECTION CORNER. BURIED MARKERS WERE SOMETIMES USED ON RESURVEYED SITES. (REF.2, P.41)
NO. BREAKDOWN: .1-.9 GLASS SHARDS/ *SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ *DIM: GIVEN REFER TO TRAY; FOR INDIVIDUAL GLASS PIECES SEE SUPP. INFO./ GREEN GLASS PIECES PLACED & BURIED AS EVIDENCE OF THE NORThWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 10, RANGE 8 OF QUAMICHAN DISTRICT OF BC & IN COWICHAN INDIAN RESERVE NO.1 BY A.H. GREEN, P.L.S. IN 1878. MONUMENT RESTORED IN 1959 BY I.M.D. FOX, D.L.S., B.C.L.S./ SEE ALSO 940446-0450
Date
1878-1959
1878
1959
Rights
Government of Canada Open Government Licence https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
Identifier
1973.0735
Coverage
British Columbia
COWICHAN INDIAN RESERVE NO.1, QUAMICHAN DISTRICT