General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

GRANULTE GNEISS STONE SITS ON WOODEN PLATFORM & IS BOUNDED BY FOUR METAL POSTS

Dimensions

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

Length

56.5 cm

Width

56.5 cm

Height

46.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Landmarks

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

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State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1842-1965

Canada

EXAMPLE OF RIVER LOT MARKER, FROM A CROWN LANDS SURVEY CONDUCTED IN UPPER CANADA IN 1842. RIVER LOTS WERE ROUGHLY 2 MILES IN DEPTH, GENERALLY NARROWEST ALONG THE RIVER (REF.2 P.50)

Function

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

Technical

EXAMPLE OF A STONEMARKER USED IN MONUMENTING THE CORNER OF A RIVER LOT. CROWN LANDS SURVEYS (PRE-1867) OF LOTS ENTAILED MARKING ONLY THE FRONT BOUNDARY OF A LOT. DOMINION LANDS SURVEYS (1870S+) MARKED ALL FOUR SIDES OF A LOT- GIVEN THE IRREGULAR SIZE & WORK INVOLVED, RIVER LOT SURVEYS OF LATER PERIOD COST 9 TIMES MORE THAN STANDARD LOT SURVEYS (REF.2 PP.43-50).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LARGE `X' INCISED ON TOP OF BOULDER & ACCENTUATED BY BLUE-GREEN PIGMENT. SAME PIGMENT USED TO DRAW A ROUGH CIRCLE AROUND `X'/ `33' WRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON STONE PIECE, AND ON UNDERSIDE OF BOULDER

Missing

NONE From CA of 02/24/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

WOOD PLATFORM PAINTED WHITE; REINFORCED BY SILVER METAL CORNERS. METAL POSTS PAINTED BLACK

Decoration

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