Marker part, survey
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BLAZE/BEARING TREE/WITNESS MARKER
- DATE
- 1921
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0734.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FIR TREE SECTION SECURED TO WOOD DISPLAY BOARD WITH METAL SCREWS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.0 cm
- Width
- 28.0 cm
- Height
- 10.0 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
- British Columbia
- Period
- 1921-1959
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF BEARING TREE MARKED AS A WITNESS MONUMENT, REFERENCING A SECTION CORNER. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN1952 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. - Function
-
TO REFERENCE & MARK A PRECISE SURVEYED LOCATION WHEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE OR IMPRACTICAL TO PLANT A MARKER ON THE SITE. - Technical
-
1881 MANUAL OF SURVEYS (J.S. DENNIS) ISSUED TO DLS SURVEYORS ALLOWED FOR ERRECTION OF A WITNESS MOUND NEAR BY THE TRUE CORNER OF A SURVEYED SITE. BEARING TREES WERE ALSO PERMITTED AS WITNESS MARKERS, WHERE PRACTICAL SURVEYOR'S FIELD BOOK ENTRY FOR SUCH A WITNESS MONUMENT WOULD NOTE BEARING & DISTANCE OF SITE OF TRUE CORNER FROM WITNESS MARKER (REF.2 P.14). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- `T 112' APPEARS IN RAISED HANDWRITTEN PRINT ON BLAZE. [NB: THIS IS ACTUALLY SLAB OF SUBSEQUENT GROWTH FROM ORIGINAL BLAZED & INSCRIBED WITNESS TREE]
- Missing
- From CA of 02/21/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- DISPLAY BOARD HAS BEEN STAINED AND VARNISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker part, survey, 1921, Artifact no. 1973.0734, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0734.001/
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