General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

IRON POST

Dimensions

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

Length

92.5 cm

Width

3.0 cm

Height

2.7 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

Ontario

Period

1916-1963

Canada

IN 1836 INDIAN TITLE TO MANITOULIN ISLAND WAS SURRENDERED TO THE CROWN; IN 1862 AN AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED CREATING A RESERVE FOR OTTAWA, CHIPPEWA, & OTHER INDIANS THERE. IN 1877 GEORGE B. ABREY D.L.S. PERFORMED THE MANITOULIN ISLAND RESERVE SURVEY, ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECORDED POST-CONFEDERATION RESERVE SURVEYS

Function

TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR. ON THIS SURVEY THE MARKERS DEFINED STREET LIMIT INTERSECTIONS & AT EACH ANGLE IN STREET LINE.

Technical

POST DESIGN CONSISTED OF 3-FT. LENGTH OF 5/8 INCH ROUND IRON, SQUARED FOR 6 INCHES AT TOP END, AND HAVING A COLLAR 1/4-INCH THICK WELDED ON NEAR LOWER END. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YRS OF CDN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE ON POST

Missing

NONE From CA of 02/11/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A