Marker part, survey

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OBJECT TYPE: BLAZE/BEARING TREE/WITNESS MARKER
DATE: 1915
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1973.0782.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: DOUGLAS FIR TREE, FITTED WITH METAL HINGES & RUBBER PADS BETWEEN TWO SECTIONS

Dimensions

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

Length: 26.0 cm
Width: 24.0 cm
Height: 46.0 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: 1915-1960
Canada: PART OF CDN LANDMARKSCOLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 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: TREE BLAZED & MARKED TO CREATE A WITNESS MONUMENT, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO ESTABLISH OR CONFIRM THE TRUE SITE OF A SURVEY MARKER.
Technical: THIS BLAZE SECTION FROM A BEARING TREE, WITNESSING A WOOD CORNER POST DATES FROM 1915. WITNESS MONUMENTS OF THIS TYPE WERE TO BE USED IN SURVEYS OF DOMINION LANDS FOR TOWNSHIP & SECTION CORNERS IN BUSH C.1871-1889. AFTER 1890, IRON POST, MOUND & TRENCH WERE PRESCRIBED; IN 1915 SHORT IRON POSTS WERE ADOPTED. (REF.2 P.32)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: `BT 13' INCISED IN BLAZE, & IS CLEARLY VISIBLE IN RAISED GROWTH OF ACCOMPANING SEGMENT. [NB.EMR DOCUMENTATION RECORDS INSCRIPTION AS `13 LKS' THIS TEXT NOT CONFIRMED BY EXAMINATION] `#103' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON HINGE
Missing: From CA of 02/21/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker part, survey, 1915, Artifact no. 1973.0782, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0782.001/

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