British Columbia Control Survey Disk - Elkford, British Columbia
Posted by: Bon Echo
N 50° 01.224 W 114° 55.200
11U E 648998 N 5542971
Located on an island on Alpine Drive
Waymark Code: WMYT5R
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 07/20/2018
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This benchmark or survey disk is located on an island on Alpine Drive, directly in front of the Canada Post Office in Elkford, BC.
The disk is stamped:
British Columbia Control Survey
85HAC(?additional characters?)
Based on the description and "approximate coordinates", I suspect this marker may be GCM 229575 which is described here (
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SIT.IN VILLAGE OF ELKFORD.INTEGRATED SUR.AREA #5
ON N.SIDE OF ALPINE RD. SEE PLAN 32T1033
W.LAMMERTS 1972 CONTROL SURVEY
D.Walker D.Noonan 1985 level run from Sparwood.
MARKED BY P.CON.
A sketch of the area is available at (
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Although the mark is described as being at the north side of Alpine Drive, it is likely that the road was later widened and the mark was preserved through the use of the island.
That disk is reported to be marked "9556" The markings on the disk I found appear to be "85HAC" with the possibility that additional characters that are no longer visible to due to damage on the disk surface.