Marker part, survey

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OBJECT TYPE: POST POINT/WOOD/LOT
DATE: 1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1973.0789.001

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: CEDAR POST POINT

Dimensions

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

Length: 54.5 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Height: 8.2 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: 1918-1963
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 (REF.2)
Function: TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR
Technical: WOODEN POSTS WERE USED EXTENSIVELY AS SURVEY MARKERS UNTIL C.1908. TYPICALLY THE TOP WAS POINTED TO SHED WATER & SO SLOW DECAY. THIS POST WAS PLANTED IN 1918 AND ILLUSTRATES THE CONTINUING USE OF WOODEN MARKERS. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLL, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK. D.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YRS. OF CANADIAN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NO MARKINGS ON POINT
Missing: SHAFT & HEAD OF POST From CA of 02/14/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker part, survey, 1918, Artifact no. 1973.0789, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0789.001/

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