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EXAMPLE OF INCORRECTLY MARKED SURVEY POST, PLACED IN 1934 & NOT REPLACED UNTIL 1960

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.

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.

This is a letter written by John McLatchie in Winnipeg, dated February 1st, 1881. In it, he addresses two individuals about surveys of mining claims that he had completed for them. This letter is significant because its references to First Nations…

This is an iron post planted in 1873 by John McLatchie, retrieved by R. W. Clark in 1953, and acquired by the Canada Science and Technology Musum in 1973. The marker's history and significance is immersed in a background of surveying expansion,…

Unlocking the secrets of this artifact starts by looking at some of the clues on the monument itself. Its material and markings take us back to British North American History and the defence of the Halifax Harbour.
This survey marker is made of…

The Dermatome man. On loan from the Maude Abbott Medical Museum at the University of McGill.