"Tower Hill 'Survey Marker" - - Red Bay - Ontario
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Jake39
N 44° 48.947 W 081° 15.772
17T E 479215 N 4962520
This survey disk sits on top of a .45metre concrete pier on a sandy ridge north-east of Red Bay. It was one of a number of 'Triangulation Markers' used for surveying the 'Peninsula'
Waymark Code: WM2CA
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/10/2005
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Jake39
Views: 134


SITE IDENTIFICATION:
Unique Number : 34300
Name : RED BAY
Established By : Geodetic Survey Division
Province : ONTARIO
Prov. Identifier : 00134300
NTS Map No : 041A14

STATION COORDINATES:
Horizontal Datum : NAD83 Method : Values should be checked with provincial agency
Latitude : N44° 48' 56.77128"
Longitude : W81° 15' 46.23610"
Agency : Geodetic Survey Division
Adjustment Net : MA90500
UTM : Zone = 17 N = 4962518.690 m E =
479217.643 m

VERTICAL DATA
Vertical Datum : CGVD28
Elevation : 225.9 m
Order : Adjusted Unclassified
Method : Non-Simultaneous Trig Levels
Adjustment Line : NOVA1974
Published Year : 1974
Inspected in : 1934
Status : Good
Inspection Comments : None

MKR TYPE D SETTING CODE

LOCATED ON HIGHEST SANDY HILL BETWEEN SKY AND BEATTY LAKES, ON OR NEAR LOT 17, CON II, WEST OF BURY RD. IN ALBEMARLE TWP, BRUCE CO, ONT. FROM THE INTERSECTION 0.8 KM SOUTH OF MAR, ONT DRIVE WEST FOR 6 KM, THEN NW ABOUT 2.9 KM. TAKE THE OLD WOOD RD EAST FOR 1.6 KM FROM PETREL POINT INTERSECTION.
THERE IS A SMALL CLEARING S OF THE RD, EAST OF THIS IS ANOTHER OLD RD, FOLLOW THIS PAST TWO OLD CABINS. THENCE SOUTH TOWARDS A SANDY HILL RUNNING EAST AND WEST . THE STATION IS BEHIND THIS HILL TO THE SOUTH OF THE HIGHEST PT. MARKED BY A BRASS TAB SET IN CONCRETE MONUMENT WHICH PROJECTS ABOVE THE GROUND BY 0.45 M . REFERENCED BY A CONC REFERENCE MONUMENT NO 34300A, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RD ALLOW NEAR RD SUMMIT JUST EAST OF SKY LAKE, BETWEEN LOTS 20 AND 21, CON I, WEST OF BURY RD.

REFERENCE STATIONS INFORMATION:
Reference name, Marker type, AZ/DIR/BRNG (DEG MIN SEC), (H)orizontal or (S)loped distance (m), and Diff. in elev. (cm)

34300A.............111- 02' 36.........2222.6
LOT CORNER.....107- 28' 19.........2423.8

HISTORICAL COORDINATES NOTE: Coordinates listed below are no longer maintained by GSD and should be verified with your provincial agency before use.

Horizontal Datum : NAD83
Method : Multiple Methods
Latitude : N44° 48' 56.77128"
Longitude : W81° 15' 46.23610"
UTM :.......Zone = 17........ N = 4962518.690 m
.......................................E = 0 479217.643 m

Horizontal Datum : NAD27
Method : Baseline Triangulation
Latitude : N44° 48' 56.61930"
Longitude : W81° 15' 46.69646"
UTM :.......Zone = 17.........N = 4962297.011 m
.......................................E = 0479206.905 m
PROJECTS IDENTIFIERS:
FRMNAD83......FRMWORK.......JUNE90.......N01B PRIM_HORI




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Unique Designation: 34 300

Marker Type: Triangulation Station Disk

Condition: Good

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