General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

POPLAR TREE SECTION

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

55.3 cm

Width

N/A

Height

22.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Landmarks

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Yukon

Period

1946-1963

Canada

TREE BLAZED DURING 1946 SURVEY OF LOT 4, TAKHINI HOT SPRINGS AREA OF YUKON BY JOHN WALCOT, D.L.S. (REF.1 P.22). 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 CANADIANSURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.

Function

TOGETHER WITH OTHER BLAZES & MONUMENTS THIS BLAZED TREE [SECTION] SERVED TO MARK & IDENTIFY THE BOUNDARY LINE OF A SURVEYED LOT.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF BLAZING, ONE METHOD OF MARKING USED ALONG A SURVEY LINE. 3 VERTICAL MARKS WERE CUT WITH AN AXE INTO THE TRUNK OF A STANDING TREE IF IT GREW ALONG THE SURVEY LINE. IF THE TREE WAS LOCATED ON THE EXACT SITE WHERE SURVEYOR WOULD PLANT A POST THE TREE COULD BE CUT, BLAZED & MARKED; LIVE TREES WERE BLAZED & MARKED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

`#13' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON ONE END OF TREE SECTION

Missing

From CA of 02/15/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A