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HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ MONUMENT MOUNTED ON PLATFORM/ *DIM: GIVEN INCLUDE PLATFORM; MONUMENT L-41.0, W-41.0, H-152.0 CM (NB: HEIGHT DOES NOT INCLUDE AREA BENEATH WOOD BASE)/ MONUMENT REFERRED TO AS WD VI ON…

Caroline Bucknall was an amateur naturalist and painter who accompanied her husband James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt on his military postings. She owned this portable

This is a boundary monument today, located at Lake Pohenegamook in Quebec and Estcourt Station village in Maine.

This photo shows a forested boundary area today, which has been maintained by the International Boundary Commission. The 1840s joint boundary commission removed all the trees within 30 feet of the line by hand.

When later boundary commissioners checked the border, some of the monuments were in poor condition.

This diagram shows how in the 20th century the original cast-iron monuments were reset with cement to stabilize them.