In 1952, Dominion Land Surveyor, R.W. Clark began collecting historic survey markers in order to preserve the history of federal surveying in Canada. Clark and several passionate colleagues collected a variety of markers from across Canada. In 1973, the historic monument committee of Energy, Mines and Resources (now Natural Resources Canada) donated this entire collection (over 140 markers) to the National Museum of Science and Technology.
In this exhibit we share some historic slides of the original collectors that we examined during a visit to the Surveyor General Branch, Natural Resources Canada.
An early history of the marker collection can be found in following article from 1965:
Sebert, L.M. 1965. "One Hundred and Sixty-Three Landmarks." The Canadian Surveyor XIX (2):220-223.
Obit of R.W. Clark. SLSA Corner Post Winter 2008, vol. XXIX, no. 4., pp. 124-127.
Credits
HIS4135C