General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

IRON POST SECURED TO WOOD DISPLAY BOARD

Dimensions

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

Length

106.6 cm

Width

10.1 cm

Height

5.5 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

1915-1962

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 DEFINE THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR

Technical

THIS POST IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN MADE LOCALLY FOR MR. PATTEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH SURVEY INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED TO HIM. (REF.1 P.60) PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S., S.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YRS. OF CDN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

` XI ' INCISED IN ONE FACE OF SQUARED POST TOP; MARKINGS ON ADJACENT SIDE ARE ILLEGIBLE; ` XII ' INCISED ON THIRD SIDE; ` IV ' INCISED ON FOURTH SIDE

Missing

NONE From CA of 02/07/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A