BM 72U421 - Trent Severn Lock #8 - Percy Reach, ON
Posted by: jiggs11
N 44° 14.451 W 077° 47.986
18T E 276438 N 4902436
A Geodetic Survey of Canada Benchmark set on top of the Lock at Percy Reach, ON.
Waymark Code: WMT12B
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/06/2016
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A 2" horiziontal brass cap placed on top pf the concrete retaining wall.
The data sheet describes thus:
"A G.S.C. bronze tablet set vertically in the top of the concrete wall on the northeast side of the canal, at Trent Canal Lock 8. It is 6.6m southeast of the lower gate, 3.6m southwest of the stairway to downstream approaches, and 76cm northeast of the steel guard rail.
Access is by water along the Trent River, or by foot/vehicle by following Kelleher Road.
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Coords on data sheet are incorrect - they are for a BM at Lock #4, south of Frankford, ON